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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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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The Oceanography Society
2010-03-01
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| Series: | Oceanography |
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| Online Access: | http://tos.org/oceanography/issues/issue_archive/issue_pdfs/23_1/23-1_chadwick1.pdf |