Detroit Seamount

E123749
guyot seamount submarine volcano

Detroit Seamount is a large, ancient underwater volcano in the North Pacific Ocean that forms part of the long volcanic trail created as the Pacific Plate moved over the Hawaiian hotspot.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Detroit Seamount canonical 3

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf guyot ⓘ
seamount ⓘ
submarine volcano ⓘ
ageRange Late Cretaceous ⓘ
early Paleogene ⓘ
belongsTo Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain ⓘ
surface form: Hawaiian–Emperor volcanic chain
eruptionStyle submarine basaltic volcanism ⓘ
formedAsPacificPlateMovedOver Hawaiian hotspot ⓘ
formedBy Hawaiian hotspot ⓘ
hasApproximateAge about 76 million years ⓘ
hasBeenDatedBy radiometric dating ⓘ
hasCrustalSetting oceanic crust ⓘ
hasDrillHolesFrom Ocean Drilling Program ⓘ
hasFeature guyot-style wave-planed summit ⓘ
hasFlatTop true ⓘ
hasLargeVolume true ⓘ
hasLatitudeApprox ~51°N ⓘ
hasLongitudeApprox ~167°E ⓘ
hasMorphology broad shield volcano ⓘ
hasResearchProgram ODP Leg 145 ⓘ
ODP Leg 197 ⓘ
hasScientificInterest North Pacific paleoceanography ⓘ
hotspot motion ⓘ
plate motion history ⓘ
hasSedimentCover thick pelagic sediments ⓘ
hasSummitDepth approximately 1500–2000 meters below sea level ⓘ
isAncient true ⓘ
isEvidenceFor change in Pacific Plate motion ⓘ
southward motion of Hawaiian hotspot relative to mantle ⓘ
isLocatedNorthwestOf modern Island of Hawaii ⓘ
isOlderThan Hawaiian Islands ⓘ
Koko Seamount ⓘ
Suiko Seamount ⓘ
isOneOf oldest large volcanoes in the Hawaiian–Emperor chain ⓘ
isSubmerged true ⓘ
isVolcanicEdificeOn Pacific Plate ⓘ
isVolcanicStructureType intraplate volcano ⓘ
locatedIn Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ
surface form: North Pacific Ocean
locatedOnTectonicPlate Pacific Plate ⓘ
namedAfter Detroit ⓘ
partOf Emperor Seamounts ⓘ
Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain ⓘ
volcanicOrigin hotspot volcanism ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain → hasPart → Detroit Seamount ⓘ
Emperor Seamounts → hasNotableMember → Detroit Seamount ⓘ
Emperor Seamounts → hasKeySeamount → Detroit Seamount ⓘ