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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Generate an image of the Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain (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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Statements (49)

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)

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (99)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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