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

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf seamount chain
submarine volcanic mountains
ageCharacteristic progressively older away from hotspot
associatedWith Galápagos hotspot NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
locatedOffCoastOf Ecuador NERFINISHED
locatedOnTectonicPlate Nazca Plate NERFINISHED
origin mantle plume activity
partOf Carnegie Ridge NERFINISHED
plateMotionDirection eastward relative to hotspot
process hotspot volcanism
relatedTo Cocos Ridge NERFINISHED
Galápagos Islands NERFINISHED
researchField marine geology
plate tectonics
volcanology
tectonicSetting oceanic plate
trendDirection east-west
underlies eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED
volcanicActivityStatus extinct

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Galápagos plume track hasPart Carnegie Ridge seamounts