Sentences with phrase «seamount chain»
Moore, J.A., M. Vecchione, K.E. Hartel, B.B. Collette, J.K. Galbraith, R. Gibbons, M. Turnipseed, M. Southworth and E. Watkins0 Biodiversity of Bear seamount, New England seamount chain: results of exploratory trawling.
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The physical mechanism causing the unique, sharp bend in the Hawaiian - Emperor seamount chain has been uncovered in a collaboration between the University of Sydney and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).
The flow patterns explain how the enigmatic bend in the Hawaiian - Emperor seamount chain arose.
Several other Pacific seamount chains also show similar bends at about the same time, he reports.
Professor Müller concluded: «Our results help resolve a major enigma of why volcanic seamount chains on the same tectonic plate can have very different shapes.
The more coherent and rapid the motion deep in the mantle, the more acute its effects are on the shape of seamount chains above,» he said.
Volcanic seamount chains such as Hawaii were created from magma produced near the surface by mantle plumes.
Map of part of the Pacific basin showing the volcanic trail of the Hawaiian hotspot — 6,000 - km - long Hawaiian Ridge - Emperor Seamounts chain.
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In related work, geologist Warren Sharp of the Berkeley Geochronology Center in California analyzed isotopes of radioactive argon in the rocks to reexamine the ages of seamounts at the chain's bend.
Moving tectonic plates sit above the mantle and carry newly formed seamounts away from the plume underneath — the oldest seamounts in a chain are therefore furthest away from the plume.
UNOLS is seeking applications from early career scientists at U.S. universities who are interested in participating in an oceanographic research cruise that will continue an investigation of a chain of seamounts west of the East Pacific Rise at 8 ° 20» N followed by a detailed survey the East Pacific Rise ~ 9 ° 50» N that last erupted in 2005 - 2006.
«The Karasik Seamount belongs to a chain of seamounts rising from 5000 m to 500 m water depth.