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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.

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

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