Mass wasting and subaerial weathering in guyot formation: the Hawaiian and Canary ridges as examples

Auteur :
SMOOT, N.C.

Description :
In this work, 27 years of bathymetric experience and data have been used to determine the exact point at which a seamount/volcano becomes a guyot, and if so whether guyots are, in fact, wave cut platforms. It is shown that the island/seamount already has a typical guyot morphology before it reaches the influence of wave cutting; the erosion is almost all subaerial.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Geomorphology (Amsterdam), issn : 0169-555X, 1995, vol. 14, n°. 1, p. 29-41, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 28 ref.

Date :
1995

Editeur :
Pays édition : Pays-Bas, Amsterdam, Elsevier