The topography of the Mid-Pacific mountains.
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Authors
Roberts, Charles Keith
Subjects
GUYOTS
SEAMOUNTS
SUBMARINE TOPOGRAPHIC FEATURES
TECTONICS
SEAMOUNTS
SUBMARINE TOPOGRAPHIC FEATURES
TECTONICS
Advisors
Thompson, Warren C.
Date of Issue
1968-12
Date
1968-12
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
Language
en_US
Abstract
A recently contoured set of detailed bathymetric charts of the central Pacific Ocean were obtained from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The mean topography of the submerged Mid-Pacific Mountain chain was contoured from mean depths calculated for one-degree squares. The hypsometry of this area was determined. A study of the subsidence of the Mid-Pacific Mountains was made using the guyot information available on the charts and in the literature. The guyot data were examined and the dimensions of the 17 most reliable features were studied. The guyot tops are generally deeper in the eastern part of the area than to the west, with an apparent tilt of about 200 fathoms in 1200 nautical miles. The present topography closely resembles the old topography when the guyots were at the surface. It appears that the tops of the mountains have settled a bit relative to the deeper areas, although this is not proven.
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Thesis
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Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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43 p.
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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.