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Creator:: Koppers, Anthony A. P., Staudigel, Hubert, Hart, Stanley R., Young, Craig, and Konter, Jasper G.
Abstract:: Vailulu’u seamount is an active underwater volcano that marks the end of the Samoan hotspot trail (Hart et al., 2000). Vailulu’u has a simple conical morphology (Figure 1) with a largely enclosed volcanic crater at relatively shallow water depths, ranging from 590 m (highest point on the crater rim) to...
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Creator:: Koppers, Anthony A. P. and Watts, Anthony B.
Abstract:: Seamounts are windows into the deep Earth that are helping to elucidate various deep Earth processes. For example, thermal and mechanical properties of oceanic lithosphere can be determined from the flexing of oceanic crust caused by the growth of seamounts on top of it. Seamount trails also are excellent recorders...
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Creator:: Koppers, Anthony A. P., Staudigel, Hubert, and Minnett, Rupert
Abstract:: Seamount research, more often than not, is carried out by highly specialized science teams with narrowly focused science objectives. As a result, different seamount science disciplines often do not collaborate or are not even aware of each other. However, it is obvious that interdisciplinary collaboration is the most successful approach...
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Creator:: Staudigel, Hubert, Moyer, Craig L., Garcia, Michael O., Malahoff, Alex, Clague, David A., and Koppers, Anthony A. P.
Abstract:: Lō`ihi Seamount defines the volcanically active, leading edge in the Hawaiian hotspot chain. It is located on the submarine flank of Mauna Loa, 30 km south of the island of Hawai`i. Lō`ihi’s summit is at 975-m water depth (Pisces Peak), and the seamount has a pronounced southern rift that extends...
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Creator:: Staudigel, Hubert, Koppers, Anthony A. P., Lavelle, J. William, Pitcher, Tony J., and Shank, Timothy M.
Abstract:: Reading through this issue of Oceanography, it will become apparent that researchers in different disciplines see their seamounts in quite different ways. The term seamount has been defined many times (e.g., Menard, 1964; Wessel, 2001; Schmidt and Schmincke, 2000; Pitcher et al., 2007; International Hydrographic Organization, 2008; Wessel et al.,...
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Creator:: Watts, Anthony B., Koppers, Anthony A. P., and Robinson, David P.
Abstract:: Seamounts are ubiquitous features of the seafloor that form part of the fabric of oceanic crust. When a seamount enters a subduction zone, it has a major affect on forearc morphology, the uplift history of the island arc, and the structure of the downgoing slab. It is not known, however,...
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