Ubiquitous and mysterious Tens of thousands of seamounts line the floors of the world's oceans, but exactly how most of these formed is unclear. Some, like the Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain that ...

President Laura Chinchilla has garnered accolades for the recent creation of the Seamounts Marine Management Area around Isla del Coco, Costa Rica’s legendary “Treasure Island” and national park ...

Geologists have long assumed that the Hawaiian Islands owe their existence to a "hotspot" -- stationary plumes of magma that rise from the Earth's mantle to form Mauna Loa, Kilauea and ...

Hoernle et al. 1 suggest that some seamounts and ocean islands in the Christmas Island Seamount Province formed from the melting and recycling of ancient continental material stored in the upper ...

This part of the back cover of the March 2010 issue of the journal Oceanograhy depicts seven seamounts formed by the Louisville hotspot in the South Pacific that were surveyed during the AMAT02 ...

Deep in the oceans exist some of the world's oldest and most mysterious sea canyons and mountains, or seamounts. Formed millions of years ago by extinct volcanoes and sediment erosion, sea canyons and ...

The islands of Fiji and Vanuatu rise from the tropical waters of the South Pacific in one of the most tectonically active and geologically complex regions of the world. A new study of volcanism in ...

Kilauea, a volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii, has been erupting for more than 22 years. That marathon eruption is just one of the features that make this tropical peak stand out in the volcanic ...

Tens of thousands of seamounts line the floors of the world's oceans, but exactly how most of these formed is unclear. Some, like the Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain that extends northwest from the ...

Tens of thousands of seamounts line the floors of the world's oceans, but exactly how most of these formed is unclear. Some, like the Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain that extends northwest from the ...

If you ever find yourself on a leisurely submarine ride through the northeastern Indian Ocean, be on the lookout for some amazing views: more than 50 large seamounts, or underwater mountains, dot the ...