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Guyot, isolated submarine volcanic mountain with a flat summit more than 200 metres (660 feet) below sea level. Such flat tops may have diameters greater than 10 km (6 miles). (The term derives from the Swiss American geologist Arnold Henry Guyot.) In the Pacific Ocean, where guyots are most.
The Bear Seamount (left), a guyot in the northern Atlantic Ocean. In marine geology, a guyot (/ ˈɡiː.oʊ, ɡiːˈoʊ /), [1][2] also called a tablemount, is an isolated underwater volcanic mountain (seamount) with a flat top more than 200 m (660 ft) below the surface of the sea. [3]
A guyot is an elevated landform rising from the bottom of the ocean and has a flat top at least 660 feet in diameter. A guyot must rise at least 3,000 feet above the seafloor. The sides of a guyot usually have a very moderate incline of about 20 degrees.
16 cze 2024 · A guyot, or seamount, is an undersea mountain. A sonar image of a guyot, or seamount, in the Arctic. Using a multibeam echo sounder, NOAA scientists can map and produce a visualization from the data collected of the bottom of the ocean.
21 gru 2023 · The ocean hides its beasts well. And one type of behemoth is the guyot. So what are they, and what do they mean to science?
Guyots: Intriguing Flat-topped Seamounts that Host a Diversity of Habitats for Deepwater Animals. By Christopher Kelley, Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory – University of Hawaii. Scott France, University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Large bamboo coral colonies on a guyot ridge.
English: A guyot , also known as a tablemount, is an isolated underwater volcanic mountain ( seamount ), with a flat top over 200 metres (660 feet) below the surface of the sea. The diameters of these flat summits can exceed 10 km (6 miles).