Daikakuji Seamount
seamount in the Hawaiian Emperor chain bend area
Daikakuji Seamount (大覚寺海山) is an underwater volcano (seamount) of the Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain in the Pacific Ocean.[1] Daikakuji is an extinct volcano.[2]
The seamount is also known as the "Daikakuji Guyot" because it has a flat top.[3] This undersea geologic feature is also called a "guyot" or "tablemount".[4]
This seabed mountain is named after Daikaku-ji, which is a Buddhist temple long associated with the Imperial family.
The last eruption from Daikakuji seamount was 42 million years ago.[5]
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change- ↑ Tarduno, John A. et al. "The Emperor Seamounts: southward motion of the Hawaiian hotspot plume in Earth's mantle," Science, 22 August 2003, pp. 1064-1069 DOI:10.1126/science.1086442; retrieved 2012-6-14.
- ↑ Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, "Life-cycle of Hawaiian hot spot volcanoes" Archived 2013-04-14 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-6-14.
- ↑ Guyots are flat-topped because they were once above sea level, and were worn down by the sea.
- ↑ Geographic.org, "Daikakuji Seamount"; retrieved 2012-6-9.
- ↑ VolcanoLive.com, Daikakuji Seamount; retrieved 2012-6-11.
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