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Loci of Shield Volcanoes in the Hawaiian-Emperor Chain

File Name	m00025.img.537.loci.shield.volcanoes.jpg
Data Type	diagram
Computer Program	Adobe Illustrator CS2
File Size	401.00 KB - 2 files [ jpg,pdf ]
Expert Level	College and Introduction to Science
Contributor	ERESE Database Team
Source	Jackson et al. 1972
Resource Matrix	The Formation of Seamounts

Description
This image shows the relative locations of shield volcanoes within the Hawaiian-Emperor chain and the trends in their locations. The shield volcanoes tend to forms in roughly linear lines with a few other volcanoes. The image also shows the topographic high points in the regions and Bouguer gravity anomaly highs. Bouguer gravity anomalies are the difference between the theoretical calculated gravities and the actual observed values.