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| Detailed Seamount Information |
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| Field Seamount |    |
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| Index | SMNT-123S-1747W |
Classification | Seamount |
| Location | 12º 15.60' S
174º 40.20' W |
Elongation
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Oceanic Province | |
| Region | Samoan Hotspot Trail |
Alternative Names | |
| Plate | Pacific Plate |
Age | 5 Ma |
| Tectonic Setting | Hotspot Trail |
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Shelf Edge
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Volcanic Activity | Extinct |
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| | Description | | Field Bank is located at 12¿ 15.6' S, 174¿ 40.2' W and is part of the Samoan Hotspot Trail on the Pacific Plate. It is a large, shallow, flat topped, volcanic ridge. To the north Field Bank is connected to the smaller Taviuni Bank, which has a similar strike and morphology. Approximately 150 km to the southeast of Field Bank is Savaii Island. |
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Field Seamount -- Multibeam data merged with predicted satellite bathymetry |
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Field Seamount -- Multibeam bathymetry |
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Field Seamount -- Predicted satellite bathymetry |
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Field Seamount -- Residual bathymetry |
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Samoan Hotspot Trail -- Multibeam bathymetry |
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Samoan Hotspot Trail -- Predicted satellite bathymetry |
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Samoan Hotspot Trail -- Tile 2 -- Multibeam data merged with predicted satellite bathymetry |
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Samoan Hotspot Trail -- Tile 2 -- Multibeam bathymetry |
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Samoan Hotspot Trail -- Tile 2 -- Predicted satellite bathymetry |
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Samoan Hotspot Trail -- Tile 2 -- Residual bathymetry |
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Samoan Hotspot Trail -- Tile 3 -- Multibeam data merged with predicted satellite bathymetry |
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Samoan Hotspot Trail -- Tile 3 -- Multibeam bathymetry |
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Samoan Hotspot Trail -- Tile 3 -- Predicted satellite bathymetry |
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Samoan Hotspot Trail -- Tile 3 -- Residual bathymetry |
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Field Seamount -- Multibeam data merged with predicted satellite bathymetry |
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Field Seamount -- Multibeam bathymetry |
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Field Seamount -- Predicted satellite bathymetry |
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Field Seamount -- Residual bathymetry |
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Samoan Hotspot Trail -- Multibeam bathymetry |
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Samoan Hotspot Trail -- Predicted satellite bathymetry |
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Samoan Hotspot Trail -- Tile 2 -- Multibeam data merged with predicted satellite bathymetry |
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Samoan Hotspot Trail -- Tile 2 -- Multibeam bathymetry |
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Samoan Hotspot Trail -- Tile 2 -- Predicted satellite bathymetry |
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Samoan Hotspot Trail -- Tile 2 -- Residual bathymetry |
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Samoan Hotspot Trail -- Tile 3 -- Multibeam data merged with predicted satellite bathymetry |
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Samoan Hotspot Trail -- Tile 3 -- Multibeam bathymetry |
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Samoan Hotspot Trail -- Tile 3 -- Predicted satellite bathymetry |
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Samoan Hotspot Trail -- Tile 3 -- Residual bathymetry |
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Clouard, V. and Bonneville, A. (2001). Ages of seamounts, islands and plateaus on the Pacific plate. 1-42. |
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Hart, S.R. (2004). Collaborative research: The Samoan Hotspot, Past and Present. In: Collaborative research: The Samoan Hotspot, Past and Present. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA. |
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Hart, S., Coetzee, M., Workman, R., Blusztajn, J., Johnson, K., Sinton, J., Steinberger, B. and Hawkins, J. (2004). Genesis of the Western Samoa seamount province: age, geochemical fingerprint and tectonics. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 227(1-2): 37-56. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.08.005. |
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