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anjilletteb

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on: Jul 14, 2018
How does a flat-topped seamount, called a guyot, form?
 
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What features on the ocean floor most resemble basalt plateaus on the continents?
 
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Reply #1 on: Jul 14, 2018
Answer to Question 1

During their existence, inactive volcanic islands are lowered to near sea level by the forces of weathering and erosion. As the moving plate slowly carries them away from the elevated oceanic ridge or hot spot over which they formed, they gradually sink and disappear below the water surface, at which point we call them guyots.

Answer to Question 2

Oceanic plateaus.


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