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Vailulu’u Seamount, Samoa: Life and death on an active submarine volcano

Creator:

Staudigel, Hubert, Hart, Stanley R., Pile, Adele, Bailey, Bradley E., Baker, Edward T., Brooke, Sandra, Connelly, Douglas P., Haucke, Lisa, German, Christopher R., Hudson, Ian, Daniel Jones, Koppers, Anthony A. P., Konter, Jasper, Lee, Ray, Pietsch, Theodore W., Tebo, Bradley M., Templeton, Alexis S., Zierenberg, Robert, and Young, Craig M.

Abstract:

Submersible exploration of the Samoan hotspot revealed a new, 300-m-tall, volcanic cone, named Nafanua, in the summit crater of Vailulu’u seamount. Nafanua grew from the 1,000-m-deep crater floor in <4 years and could reach the sea surface within decades. Vents fill Vailulu’u crater with a thick suspension of particulates and...

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Article