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Inactive sinking volcano being "shaved" at ocean surface Active volcanoes Older, extinct volcanoes Older, extinct volcanoes The process by which guyots (G) and seamounts (S) form. Guyots have Spreading center flat tops because they were once tall enough to be eroded by waves at the ocean's surface. Seamounts have Sea level a similar origin but retain their more pointed volcano shape because they Magma chambers Lithosphere never reached the surface. Asthenosphere G = guyot S= seamount 50 40 30 20 10 10 20 30 40 50 Age of ocean floor (millions of years) b An undersea volcano east of the easternmost island of the Samoan chain in the Pacific. Vailulu'u, as it has been named, rises from an ocean depth of 4,800 meters (15,700 feet) to within 590 meters (1,900 feet) of the ocean surface. 169°08W 168°04'W 14°12'S 169°00'W 14°16'S 168°56'W 14°20'S 168°52W 14°24'S -5,000 -4,000 -3,000 -2,000 -1,000 O Depth (m) 1999 - 16,404 –13,123 -9,843 -6,562 -3,281 O Depth (it) CA new volcano grew inside Vailulu'u between 1999 and 2005. 2005 Figure 4.29 Guyots and seamounts. Stanlay Hart, Woods Hole Ocsanog aph

Inactive sinking volcano being "shaved" at ocean surface Active volcanoes Older, extinct volcanoes Older, extinct volcanoes The process by which guyots (G) and seamounts (S) form. Guyots have Spreading center flat tops because they were once tall enough to be eroded by waves at the ocean's surface. Seamounts have Sea level a similar origin but retain their more pointed volcano shape because they Magma chambers Lithosphere never reached the surface. Asthenosphere G = guyot S= seamount 50 40 30 20 10 10 20 30 40 50 Age of ocean floor (millions of years) b An undersea volcano east of the easternmost island of the Samoan chain in the Pacific. Vailulu'u, as it has been named, rises from an ocean depth of 4,800 meters (15,700 feet) to within 590 meters (1,900 feet) of the ocean surface. 169°08W 168°04'W 14°12'S 169°00'W 14°16'S 168°56'W 14°20'S 168°52W 14°24'S -5,000 -4,000 -3,000 -2,000 -1,000 O Depth (m) 1999 - 16,404 –13,123 -9,843 -6,562 -3,281 O Depth (it) CA new volcano grew inside Vailulu'u between 1999 and 2005. 2005 Figure 4.29 Guyots and seamounts. Stanlay Hart, Woods Hole Ocsanog aph

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Inactive sinking volcano being "shaved" at ocean surface Active volcanoes Older, extinct volcanoes Older, extinct volcanoes The process by which guyots (G) and seamounts (S) form. Guyots have Spreading center flat tops because they were once tall enough to be eroded by waves at the ocean's surface. Seamounts have Sea level a similar origin but retain their more pointed volcano shape because they Magma chambers Lithosphere never reached the surface. Asthenosphere G = guyot S= seamount 50 40 30 20 10 10 20 30 40 50 Age of ocean floor (millions of years) b An undersea volcano east of the easternmost island of the Samoan chain in the Pacific. Vailulu'u, as it has been named, rises from an ocean depth of 4,800 meters (15,700 feet) to within 590 meters (1,900 feet) of the ocean surface. 169°08W 168°04'W 14°12'S 169°00'W 14°16'S 168°56'W 14°20'S 168°52W 14°24'S -5,000 -4,000 -3,000 -2,000 -1,000 O Depth (m) 1999 - 16,404 –13,123 -9,843 -6,562 -3,281 O Depth (it) CA new volcano grew inside Vailulu'u between 1999 and 2005. 2005 Figure 4.29 Guyots and seamounts. Stanlay Hart, Woods Hole Ocsanog aph
Transcribed Image Text:Inactive sinking volcano being "shaved" at ocean surface Active volcanoes Older, extinct volcanoes Older, extinct volcanoes The process by which guyots (G) and seamounts (S) form. Guyots have Spreading center flat tops because they were once tall enough to be eroded by waves at the ocean's surface. Seamounts have Sea level a similar origin but retain their more pointed volcano shape because they Magma chambers Lithosphere never reached the surface. Asthenosphere G = guyot S= seamount 50 40 30 20 10 10 20 30 40 50 Age of ocean floor (millions of years) b An undersea volcano east of the easternmost island of the Samoan chain in the Pacific. Vailulu'u, as it has been named, rises from an ocean depth of 4,800 meters (15,700 feet) to within 590 meters (1,900 feet) of the ocean surface. 169°08W 168°04'W 14°12'S 169°00'W 14°16'S 168°56'W 14°20'S 168°52W 14°24'S -5,000 -4,000 -3,000 -2,000 -1,000 O Depth (m) 1999 - 16,404 –13,123 -9,843 -6,562 -3,281 O Depth (it) CA new volcano grew inside Vailulu'u between 1999 and 2005. 2005 Figure 4.29 Guyots and seamounts. Stanlay Hart, Woods Hole Ocsanog aph
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