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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.
By examining the distribution, age, and geological features of guyots, scientists can reconstruct past oceanic environments, understand how ocean basins have changed over millions of years, and better grasp the processes driving Earth's geological activity.
24 wrz 2024 · Arnold Henry Guyot was a Swiss-born American geologist, geographer, and educator whose extensive meteorological observations led to the founding of the U.S. Weather Bureau. The guyot, a flat-topped volcanic peak rising from the ocean floor, is named after him.
In marine geology, a guyot (/ ˈ ɡ iː. oʊ, ɡ iː ˈ oʊ /), [1] [2] also called a tablemount, is an isolated underwater volcanic mountain with a flat top more than 200 m (660 ft) below the surface of the sea. [3]
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4 cze 2024 · Fast Facts is an event in Division B for the 2023 and 2024 seasons. In this event, competitors are tested on general science categories. The event was previously run in 2017 and 2018, and in 1985 as Facts in Five and in 1984 as Seven Up, though with slightly different parameters.
