Spotlight 1: Axial Seamount

Axial Seamount is a hotspot volcano superimposed on the Juan de Fuca Ridge (JdFR) in the Northeast Pacific Ocean. Due to its robust magma supply, it rises ~ 800 m above the rest of JdFR and has a large elongate summit caldera with two rift zones that paral-lel and overlap with adjacent segments of t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: William Chadwick, David Butterfield, Robert W. Embley, Verena Tunnicliffe, Julie Huber, Scott Nooner, David A. Clague
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Oceanography Society 2010-03-01
Series:Oceanography
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Online Access:http://tos.org/oceanography/issues/issue_archive/issue_pdfs/23_1/23-1_chadwick1.pdf