Cocos Ridge seamounts

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The Cocos Ridge seamounts are a chain of submarine volcanic mountains in the eastern Pacific Ocean formed by hotspot-related volcanism along the Galápagos plume track.

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Cocos Ridge seamounts canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf seamount chain ⓘ
submarine volcanic mountains ⓘ
agePattern generally younger toward the Galápagos hotspot ⓘ
associatedWith hotspot track bathymetric high ⓘ
oceanic crust thickening ⓘ
composition basaltic rocks ⓘ
discoveredBy marine geophysical surveys ⓘ
formedBy Galápagos hotspot ⓘ
hotspot volcanism ⓘ
formedDuring Cenozoic ⓘ
geologicalSetting intraplate volcanism ⓘ
influences seafloor topography of Cocos Plate ⓘ
locatedIn eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ
locatedOn Cocos Plate ⓘ
morphology elongate ridge with aligned seamounts ⓘ
ocean Pacific Ocean ⓘ
originatesFrom Galápagos plume track ⓘ
partOf Cocos Ridge ⓘ
process oceanic plate motion over stationary hotspot ⓘ
relatedTo Carnegie Ridge ⓘ
Cocos Island ⓘ
Galápagos Islands ⓘ
researchField marine geology ⓘ
plate tectonics ⓘ
volcanology ⓘ
studyMethod dredge sampling ⓘ
marine seismic reflection ⓘ
multibeam bathymetry ⓘ
radiometric dating of basalts ⓘ
tectonicPlateContext Cocos Plate ⓘ
Nazca Plate ⓘ
volcanicProvince Galápagos hotspot track ⓘ

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Galápagos plume track → hasPart → Cocos Ridge seamounts ⓘ