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Detailed Seamount Information |
Christmas Seamount | |
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Index | SMNT-018N-1574W |
Classification | Seamount |
Location | 1º 49.20' N 157º 23.40' W |
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Oceanic Province | Abyssal Plain |
Region | Line Islands |
Alternative Names | Kiritimati |
Plate | Pacific Plate |
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Tectonic Setting | Hotspot Trail |
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Christmas Seamount -- Predicted satellite bathymetry |
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Christmas Seamount -- Predicted satellite bathymetry |
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Keating, B.H. (1991). Insular geology of the Line Islands. In: Geology and Offshore mineral resources of the central Pacific basin, Circum-Pacific Council for Energy and Mineral Resources, Earth Science Series. Keating, B.H. and Bolton, B.R. (Editors), Springer-Verlag, New York. 14: 77-99. |
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Falkland, A.C. and Woodroffe, C.D. (1997). Geology and hydrogeology of Tarawa and Christmas Island, Kiribati. 54: 577-610. |
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Trichet, J., Defarge, C., Tribble, J., Tribble, G. and Sansone, F. (2001). Christmas Island lagoonal lakes, models for the deposition of carbonate-evaporite-organic laminated sediments. Sedimentary Geology 140(1-2): 177-189. |
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Winterer, E.L. (1976). Bathymetry and regional tectonic setting of the Line Islands Chain. Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project 33: 731-747. |
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