Sentences with phrase «axial seamount»
The crystals are derived from volcanic ash deposits erupted explosively at Axial Seamount, Juan de Fuca Ridge, in the northeast Pacific Ocean.
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Finally, in the late spring of last year, the cable - laying vessel Dependable began stringing 560 miles of fiber - optic line from Pacific City, Oregon, to Hydrate Ridge and Axial Seamount.
The second spot was Axial Seamount, an active underwater volcano, along with its associated hydrothermal vents, where the team could study the transfer of minerals from beneath the seafloor into the water and access hardy microbes that thrive in the vent fluids, which can reach 250 degrees Fahrenheit.
As a home for sensitive scientific equipment, though, Axial Seamount carries big risks.
«Undersea volcano: Axial Seamount off Northwest coast is erupting.»
Axial Seamount, an active underwater volcano located about 300 miles off the coast of Oregon and Washington, appears to be erupting — after two scientists had forecast that such an event would take place there in 2015.
Scientists have successfully forecast the latest eruption of Axial Seamount, an active submarine volcano located about 300 miles off the coast of Oregon.
The earthquakes at Axial Seamount are small and the seafloor movements gradual and thus can not cause a tsunami.
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Chadwick and Nooner are scheduled to go back to Axial in August to gather more data, but it may be possible for other researchers to visit the seamount on an expedition as early as May.