Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain

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The Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain is a long, age-progressive line of volcanic islands and underwater mountains in the Pacific Ocean that records the movement of the Pacific Plate over a stationary mantle hotspot.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geologic formation
hotspot track
seamount chain
aboveSeaLevelSegments Hawaiian Islands and atolls
ageProgression volcanic edifices become older to the northwest
approximateOldestAge about 80 million years
associatedWith Hawaii–Emperor plume conduit
bendAngle about 60 degrees
bendLocation near Midway Atoll
bendSignificance records change in Pacific Plate motion
displays Hawaiian–Emperor bend
erodedToForm guyots
extendsFrom Island of Hawaiʻi
linked to: Hawaiʻi (island)
extendsTo Meiji Seamount near the Aleutian Trench
formedBy mantle plume volcanism
formedByProcess shield volcano construction
geologicalOrigin Hawaii hotspot
hasPart Detroit Seamount
Emperor Seamounts
Hawaiian Islands
Hawaiian Ridge
Kure Atoll
Meiji Seamount
Midway Atoll
Suiko Seamount
Yuryaku Seamount
hotspotType intraplate hotspot
length over 6000 kilometers
locatedIn Pacific Ocean
locatedOnTectonicPlate Pacific Plate
namedAfter Emperor Seamounts
Hawaiian Islands
oceanBasin North Pacific Ocean
oldestKnownFeature Meiji Seamount
orientation northwest–southeast
plateMotionDirectionRecorded northwestward motion of Pacific Plate
recordsMovementOf Pacific Plate
researchUse constraining plate motion histories
studying mantle plume dynamics
testing hotspot fixity hypotheses
studyMethod marine geophysical surveys
paleomagnetic measurements
radiometric dating of lavas
seafloor bathymetry mapping
submergedFeatures numerous guyots and seamounts
tectonicSetting intraplate oceanic crust
volcanicRockType basalt
volcanismCause Pacific Plate moving over relatively stationary hotspot
youngestVolcanismLocation Island of Hawaiʻi
linked to: Hawaiʻi (island)

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Pacific Plate containsFeature Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain
Mauna Loa locatedOn Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain
Mauna Loa volcanicArcOrBelt Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain
Mauna Kea partOf Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain
Mauna Kea volcanicArcOrBelt Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain
Kīlauea partOf Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain
Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain hasPart Hawaiian Ridge
linked to: Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain
Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain hasPart Emperor Seamounts
linked to: Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain
Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain displays Hawaiian–Emperor bend
linked to: Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain
Hawaiian Islands volcanicOrigin Hawaii hotspot
linked to: Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain
Koʻolau Range volcanicField Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain
Waiʻanae Range isPartOf Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain (hotspot system)
linked to: Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain
Punchbowl Crater isPartOf Hawaiian–Emperor volcanic chain
linked to: Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain
Mauna Kahalawai partOf Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain (by origin)
linked to: Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain
West Maui Mountains volcanicField Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain
Mokuʻāweoweo caldera locatedIn Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain
Mokuʻāweoweo caldera volcanicArcOrBelt Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain
Mauna Loa partOf Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain
subject linked to: Long Mountain
Honolulu Volcanic Series partOf Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain
Puʻu ʻŌʻō partOfSystem Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain hotspot system
linked to: Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain
Mauna Kea partOf Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain
subject linked to: White Mountain
Koko Head volcanic complex partOf Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain
Koko Head volcanic complex volcanicArcOrBelt Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain
Detroit Seamount partOf Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain
Detroit Seamount belongsTo Hawaiian–Emperor volcanic chain
linked to: Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain
Hualālai partOf Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain
Suiko Seamount partOf Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain
Suiko Seamount hasRelationTo Hawaiian Ridge
linked to: Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain
Meiji Seamount locatedIn Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain
Meiji Seamount partOf Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain
Meiji Seamount chain Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain
Meiji Seamount geologicProvince northwestern Hawaiian–Emperor seamount province
linked to: Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain
Emperor Seamounts partOf Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain
Emperor Seamounts relatedTo Hawaiian Ridge
linked to: Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain
Koko Crater partOf Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain volcanic system
linked to: Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain
Kauaʻi shield volcano partOf Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain
Yuryaku Seamount partOf Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain
Yuryaku Seamount memberOf Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain
Yuryaku Seamount featureOf Hawaiian–Emperor volcanic chain
linked to: Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain
Yuryaku Seamount belongsTo Hawaiian–Emperor volcanic province
linked to: Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain
Yuryaku Seamount relatedTo Hawaiian Ridge
linked to: Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain
Kohala partOf Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain
Lānaʻihale mountainRange Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain
Lānaʻihale volcanicArcOrBelt Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain
Lānaʻihale partOf Hawaiian Islands volcanic chain
linked to: Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain
Haleakalā volcano partOf Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain
House of the Sun isPartOfIslandChain Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain
Hualālai partOf Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain
subject linked to: Hualālai volcano
Koʻolau Volcano partOf Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain
Mount Kaʻala partOf Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain (Hawaiian Islands segment)
linked to: Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain