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The '''Anton Dohrn Seamount''' (57° 30' N, 11° 00' W) is a [[guyot]] in the [[Rockall Trough]] in the northeast [[Atlantic]]. It was named after the ship which discovered it which, in turn, had been named after the nineteenth century biologist [[Anton Dohrn]]. |
The '''Anton Dohrn Seamount''' (57° 30' N, 11° 00' W) is a [[guyot]] in the [[Rockall Trough]] in the northeast [[Atlantic]]. It was named after the ship which discovered it which, in turn, had been named after the nineteenth century biologist [[Anton Dohrn]]. |
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The feature rises from approximately 2100 metres to 600 metres below sea level and has a sedimentary layer approximately 100 metres thick. |
The feature rises from approximately 2100 metres to 600 metres below sea level and has a sedimentary layer approximately 100 metres thick. It arose through episodic volcanic activity between 70 and 40 million years ago.<ref>O'Connor, Stofferes, Wijbrans, Shannon and Morrissey (2000). [http://www.geo.vu.nl/users/wijj/literature%20Wijbrans/O'Connor%20et%20al.%20Nature%20'00.pdf Evidence from episodic seamount volcanism for pulsing of the Iceland plume in the past 70 Myr], ''Nature'' 408, 954-958.</ref> |
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*[http://www.ngo.grida.no/wwfneap/Projects/Reports/Seamount_Report.pdf WWF report on seamounts of the Northeast Atlantic] |
*[http://www.ngo.grida.no/wwfneap/Projects/Reports/Seamount_Report.pdf WWF report on seamounts of the Northeast Atlantic] |
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Revision as of 14:29, 2 March 2008
The Anton Dohrn Seamount (57° 30' N, 11° 00' W) is a guyot in the Rockall Trough in the northeast Atlantic. It was named after the ship which discovered it which, in turn, had been named after the nineteenth century biologist Anton Dohrn.
The feature rises from approximately 2100 metres to 600 metres below sea level and has a sedimentary layer approximately 100 metres thick. It arose through episodic volcanic activity between 70 and 40 million years ago.[1]
References
- ^ O'Connor, Stofferes, Wijbrans, Shannon and Morrissey (2000). Evidence from episodic seamount volcanism for pulsing of the Iceland plume in the past 70 Myr, Nature 408, 954-958.
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