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| Detailed Seamount Information |
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| 36.3¿S Seamount |    |
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| Index | SMNT-361S-1695W |
Classification | Intermediate B4 Seamount |
| Location | 36º 04.42' S
169º 31.87' W |
Elongation
Irregularity | 2.56 ± 0.10
1.26 ± 0.13 |
| Plate Age | |
Oceanic Province | Abyssal Plain |
| Region | Louisville Seamount Trail |
Alternative Names | SONNE 167 Volcano X |
| Plate | Pacific Plate |
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| Tectonic Setting | Hotspot Trail |
Seamount Top | 825 m |
| Volume | 9017 km3 |
Ocean Bottom | 4865 m |
Shelf Edge
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Volcanic Activity | Extinct |
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| | Description | | SONNE 167 Volcano x, SMNT-361S-1695W is located at 36¿ 4.4' S, 169¿ 31.9' W and is part of the Louisville Ridge on the Pacific Plate. The seamount is 4040 m high with the top at -825 m and the ocean bottom at -4865 m. It is intermediate in size with a volume of 9016 km3. The guyot is elongated in a northeast-southwest direction with an azimuth of approximately 220¿. The edges of the the guyot are slightly irregular. It has a short ridge extending to the northwest and prominent 40 km long ridge extending to the southwest. The southwestern ridge has several volcanic centers and gradually curves to have a south-southwest trend. |
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36.3¿S Seamount -- Predicted satellite bathymetry |
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36.3¿S Seamount -- Residual bathymetry |
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Louisville Hotspot Trail -- Blowup 8 -- Predicted satellite bathymetry |
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Louisville Hotspot Trail -- Blowup 8 -- 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 C -- Multibeam data merged with predicted satellite bathymetry |
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Louisville Hotspot Trail -- Tile C -- Multibeam bathymetry |
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Louisville Hotspot Trail -- Tile C -- 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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36.3¿S Seamount -- Multibeam data merged with predicted satellite bathymetry |
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36.3¿S Seamount -- Multibeam bathymetry |
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36.3¿S Seamount -- Predicted satellite bathymetry |
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36.3¿S Seamount -- Residual bathymetry |
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Louisville Hotspot Trail -- Blowup 8 -- Multibeam data merged with predicted satellite bathymetry |
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Louisville Hotspot Trail -- Blowup 8 -- Multibeam bathymetry |
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Louisville Hotspot Trail -- Blowup 8 -- Predicted satellite bathymetry |
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Louisville Hotspot Trail -- Blowup 8 -- 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 Hotspot Trail -- Tile C -- Multibeam data merged with predicted satellite bathymetry |
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Louisville Hotspot Trail -- Tile C -- Multibeam bathymetry |
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Louisville Hotspot Trail -- Tile C -- Predicted satellite bathymetry |
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Louisville Hotspot Trail -- Tile C -- 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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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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