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| Louisville Guyot |    |
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| Index | SMNT-314S-1723W |
Classification | Large B2 Guyot |
| Location | 31º 23.51' S
172º 15.05' W |
Elongation
Irregularity | 1.83 ± 0.12
1.22 ± 0.05 |
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Oceanic Province | Abyssal Plain |
| Region | Louisville Seamount Trail |
Alternative Names | SONNE 167 Volcano 35, 31.4¿S Guyot |
| Plate | Pacific Plate |
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| Tectonic Setting | Hotspot Trail |
Seamount Top | 1095 m |
| Volume | 13633 km3 |
Ocean Bottom | 5485 m |
Shelf Edge
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Volcanic Activity | Extinct |
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| | Description | | Louisville Guyot (SONNE 167 Volcano 35) is located at 31¿ 23.5' S, 172¿ 15' W and is part of the Louisville Ridge on the Pacific Plate. The seamount is 4390 m high with the top at -1095 m and the ocean bottom at -5485 m. It is a large seamount with a volume of 13633 km3 and a basal diameter of 60 by 30 km. It is slightly elongated in a northwest-southeast direction with an azimuth of approximately 127¿. The edges of the seamount are slightly irregular. |
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Louisville Guyot -- Predicted satellite bathymetry |
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Louisville Guyot -- Residual bathymetry |
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Louisville Hotspot Trail -- Blowup 3 -- Predicted satellite bathymetry |
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Louisville Hotspot Trail -- Blowup 3 -- Residual bathymetry |
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Louisville Hotspot Trail -- Blowup 4 -- Predicted satellite bathymetry |
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Louisville Hotspot Trail -- Blowup 4 -- Residual bathymetry |
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Louisville Hotspot Trail -- Blowup 5 -- Predicted satellite bathymetry |
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Louisville Hotspot Trail -- Blowup 5 -- Residual bathymetry |
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Louisville Hotspot Trail -- Tile A -- Multibeam data merged with predicted satellite bathymetry |
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Louisville Hotspot Trail -- Tile A -- Multibeam bathymetry |
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Louisville Hotspot Trail -- Tile A -- Predicted satellite bathymetry |
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Louisville Hotspot Trail -- Tile B -- Multibeam data merged with predicted satellite bathymetry |
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Louisville Hotspot Trail -- Tile B -- Multibeam bathymetry |
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Louisville Hotspot Trail -- Tile B -- Predicted satellite bathymetry |
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Louisville Seamount Trail -- Multibeam bathymetry |
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Louisville Seamount Trail -- Predicted satellite bathymetry |
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Louisville Guyot -- Multibeam data merged with predicted satellite bathymetry |
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Louisville Guyot -- Multibeam bathymetry |
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Louisville Guyot -- Predicted satellite bathymetry |
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Louisville Guyot -- Residual bathymetry |
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Louisville Hotspot Trail -- Blowup 3 -- Multibeam data merged with predicted satellite bathymetry |
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Louisville Hotspot Trail -- Blowup 3 -- Multibeam bathymetry |
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Louisville Hotspot Trail -- Blowup 3 -- Predicted satellite bathymetry |
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Louisville Hotspot Trail -- Blowup 3 -- Residual bathymetry |
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Louisville Hotspot Trail -- Blowup 4 -- Multibeam data merged with predicted satellite bathymetry |
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Louisville Hotspot Trail -- Blowup 4 -- Multibeam bathymetry |
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Louisville Hotspot Trail -- Blowup 4 -- Predicted satellite bathymetry |
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Louisville Hotspot Trail -- Blowup 4 -- Residual bathymetry |
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Louisville Hotspot Trail -- Blowup 5 -- Multibeam data merged with predicted satellite bathymetry |
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Louisville Hotspot Trail -- Blowup 5 -- Multibeam bathymetry |
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Louisville Hotspot Trail -- Blowup 5 -- Predicted satellite bathymetry |
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Louisville Hotspot Trail -- Blowup 5 -- Residual bathymetry |
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Louisville Hotspot Trail -- Tile A -- Multibeam data merged with predicted satellite bathymetry |
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Louisville Hotspot Trail -- Tile A -- Multibeam bathymetry |
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Louisville Hotspot Trail -- Tile A -- Predicted satellite bathymetry |
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Louisville Hotspot Trail -- Tile A -- Residual bathymetry |
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Louisville Hotspot Trail -- Tile B -- Multibeam data merged with predicted satellite bathymetry |
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Louisville Hotspot Trail -- Tile B -- Multibeam bathymetry |
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Louisville Hotspot Trail -- Tile B -- Predicted satellite bathymetry |
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Louisville Hotspot Trail -- Tile B -- Residual bathymetry |
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Louisville Seamount Trail -- Multibeam bathymetry |
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Louisville Seamount Trail -- Predicted satellite bathymetry |
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Hawkins, J.W., Lonsdale, P.F. and Batiza, R. (1987). Petrologic evolution of the Louisville seamount chain. In: Seamounts, Islands and Atolls. Keating, B., Fryer, P., Batiza, R. and Boehlert, G. (Editors), American Geophysical Union, Washington D.C.. 43: 235-254. |
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Stoffers, P., Worthington, T., Schwarz-Schampera, U., Ackermand, D., Daudoin, Y., Bigalke, N., Fretzdorff, S., Gibson, H., Hekinian, R., Kindermann, A., Kuhn, T., Main, W., Schreiber, K., Timm, C., Tonga'onevai, S., Turkay, M., Unverricht, D., Vailea, A. and Zimmerer, M. (2003). Cruise Report SONNE 167 Louisville, Louisville Ridge: Dynamics and Magmatism of a Mantle plume and its influence on the Tonga-Kermadec Subduction System. In: Ber. -Rep., Institute for Gewiss.. Universitat Kiel, Kiel. |
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