Sizes and ages of seamounts using remote sensing: implications for intrplate volcanism
Wessel P. 1997. Sizes and ages of seamounts using remote sensing: implications for intrplate volcanism. Science. 277(5327):802-805
Satellite altimetry was used to identify and characterize Pacific intraplate seamounts. The gravimetric amplitudes of seamounts appear to be related to the age difference between the sea floor and seamounts; by inverting this relation, pseudo ages can be obtained for undated seamounts. These pseudo ages imply that excursions in seamount volcanism generally correlate with times of formation of large oceanic plateaus.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Wessel, Paul
- Units
- HAVO
- Keywords
- Age Dating, Gravity, Mechanism, Non-Seismic Geophysics, Pacific Plate, Remote Sensing, Seamount, Tectonics