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Guyot

A guyot is a flat topped seamount. Guyots show evidence of having been above the surface with gradual subsidence through stages from fringed reefed mountain, coral atoll, and finally a flat topped submerged mountain. The Emperor Seamounts are an excellent example of an entire volcanic chain undergoing this process and contain many guyots among their older examples.

External link

Wilde guyot map from Texas A&M (http://www-ocean.tamu.edu/education/common/notes/Images/chap3/Fig3-8)



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