SIZES AND AGES OF SEAMOUNTS USING REMOTE-SENSING - IMPLICATIONS FOR INTRAPLATE VOLCANISM

Authors
WESSEL P
Citation
P. Wessel, SIZES AND AGES OF SEAMOUNTS USING REMOTE-SENSING - IMPLICATIONS FOR INTRAPLATE VOLCANISM, Science, 277(5327), 1997, pp. 802-805
Citations number
30
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
Science → ACNP
ISSN journal
00368075
Volume
277
Issue
5327
Year of publication
1997
Pages
802 - 805
Database
ISI
SICI code
0036-8075(1997)277:5327<802:SAAOSU>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
Satellite altimetry was used to identify and characterize Pacific intr aplate seamounts. The gravimetric amplitudes of seamounts appear to be related to the age difference between the sea floor and seamounts; by inverting this relation, pseudo ages can be obtained for undated seam ounts, These pseudo ages imply that excursions in seamount volcanism g enerally correlate with times of formation of large oceanic plateaus.