Carnegie Ridge seamounts

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The Carnegie Ridge seamounts are a chain of submarine volcanic mountains in the eastern Pacific Ocean formed by hotspot-related magmatic activity along the Nazca Plate.

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Carnegie Ridge seamounts canonical 1

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Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf seamount chain ⓘ
submarine volcanic mountains ⓘ
ageCharacteristic progressively older away from hotspot ⓘ
associatedWith Galápagos hotspot ⓘ
equatorial Pacific bathymetric high ⓘ
bathymetricExpression elevated topography above surrounding seafloor ⓘ
composition basaltic volcanic rocks ⓘ
environment submarine ⓘ
formedBy hotspot-related magmatic activity ⓘ
plate motion over hotspot ⓘ
formedOn oceanic crust ⓘ
genesisProcess intraplate volcanism ⓘ
geologicalFeatureType oceanic ridge seamounts ⓘ
influences regional seafloor morphology ⓘ
isPartOf Nazca Plate volcanic provinces ⓘ
locatedIn eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ
locatedOffCoastOf Ecuador ⓘ
locatedOnTectonicPlate Nazca Plate ⓘ
origin mantle plume activity ⓘ
partOf Carnegie Ridge ⓘ
plateMotionDirection eastward relative to hotspot ⓘ
process hotspot volcanism ⓘ
relatedTo Cocos Ridge ⓘ
Galápagos Islands ⓘ
researchField marine geology ⓘ
plate tectonics ⓘ
volcanology ⓘ
tectonicSetting oceanic plate ⓘ
trendDirection east-west ⓘ
underlies eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean ⓘ
linked to: Equatorial Pacific
volcanicActivityStatus extinct ⓘ

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

Galápagos plume track → hasPart → Carnegie Ridge seamounts ⓘ