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| Detailed Seamount Information |
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| Wilde Guyot |    |
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| Index | SMNT-211N-1633E |
Classification | Intermediate A1 Guyot |
| Location | 21º 08.74' N
163º 16.71' E |
Elongation
Irregularity | 1.14 ± 0.01
1.15 ± 0.04 |
| Plate Age | 164.2 - 167.1 Ma |
Oceanic Province | Abyssal Plain |
| Region | West Pacific Seamount Province |
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| Plate | Pacific Plate |
Age | 91 Ma |
| Tectonic Setting | Hotspot Trail |
Seamount Top | 1320 m |
| Volume | 6172 km3 |
Ocean Bottom | 4560 m |
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| | Description | | Wilde Guyot is located at 21¿ 8.7' N, 163¿ 16.7' E and is part of the West Pacific Seamount Province on the Pacific Plate. It is 3240 m high with the top at -1320 m and ocean bottom at -4560 m. The seamount is intermediate in size with a volume of 6171 km3. It is relatively round and smooth with little elongation or irregularity. The azimuth is at approximately 118¿. |
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Wilde Guyot -- Multibeam data merged with predicted satellite bathymetry |
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Wilde Guyot -- Multibeam bathymetry |
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Wilde Guyot -- Predicted satellite bathymetry |
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Wilde Guyot -- Residual bathymetry |
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Wilde Guyot -- Multibeam data merged with predicted satellite bathymetry |
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Wilde Guyot -- Multibeam bathymetry |
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Wilde Guyot -- Predicted satellite bathymetry |
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Wilde Guyot -- 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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Keating, B.H. (1987). Summary of radiometric ages from the Pacific. In: Intergovernmental Oceanographic Comission technical series. UNESCO. 32. |
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Ozima, M., Honda, M. and Saito, K. (1977). 40Ar/39Ar ages of guyots in the western Pacific and discussion of their evolution. Geophysical Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society 51(2): 475-485. |
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Heezen, B.C., Matthews, J.L., Catalano, R., Natland, J., Coogan, A., Tharp, M. and Rawson, M. (1973). Western Pacific Guyots. Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project 20: 653-723. |
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| Depth |
Azimuth |
Area |
Length |
Width |
Elongation |
Contour |
Ellipse |
Irregularity |
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degrees |
km2 |
km |
km |
ratio |
km |
km |
ratio |
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| 2616 |
117.5 |
826.3 |
36.6 |
31.8 |
1.149 |
113.0 |
102.3 |
1.105 |
| 2940 |
118.5 |
1029.2 |
40.4 |
35.6 |
1.135 |
134.4 |
114.1 |
1.178 |
| 3264 |
118.7 |
1305.9 |
45.8 |
40.0 |
1.144 |
151.1 |
128.5 |
1.175 |
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| 9 % Multibeam Coverage |
1.14 ± 0.01 |
1.15 ± 0.04 |
| 3240 m High |
| 1 Summit |
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