- Preferred Labelskos:prefLabel
seamount (BGU-T)
- URI
- https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/def/voc/ga/GeomorphologySettings/seamount ↗Go to the persistent identifier link
- Within Vocab
- Marine Geomorphology - Geomorphology Settings and Processes (Part 2)
Preferred Labelskos:prefLabel | seamount (BGU-T) |
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Definitionskos:definition | Any geographically isolated topographic unit on the seafloor taller than 1000 m. Most seamounts are formed by igneous activity close to mid-ocean ridges, island arcs, or in mid-plate settings, although blocks of continental crust, stranded during the opening of ocean basins, can form nonvolcanic seamounts (Harff et al., 2016; Harris and Baker, 2020). |
Broaderbroader |
volcano (island or submarine) (BGU)
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See AlsoseeAlso | Marine Geomorphology - Geomorphology Settings and Processes (Part 2) |
Is Defined ByisDefinedBy | Marine Geomorphology - Geomorphology Settings and Processes (Part 2) |
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