Sentence examples for The seamount from inspiring English sources
noun
A mountain that rises from the floor of the ocean and does not breach the water's surface.
The seamount produced underwater volcanic eruptions in 1975 and 1976.
The seamount could be a barrier of the rupture during the 2011 Ibaraki-oki event.
The seamount remained absolutely quiet thereafter, suggesting the completion of an eruptive cycle at the volcano.
The seamount is named after William Bowie of the Coast & Geodetic Survey.
The seamount is biologically diverse, with 237 species and 27 types of deep-sea coral having been identified.
The seamount showed signs of life again in 2005 by generating an earthquake bigger than any previously recorded there.
The seamount is populated by a large variety of deep-sea corals, most of which in turn provide a habitat for other species.
The seamount may even grow above sea level to become an oceanic island (for example, the 2009 eruption of Hunga Tonga).
The seamount comprises a series of southwest to northeast trending ridges interspersed with cones and sediment troughs.
The seamount summit showed a dense population of the kelp Laminaria rodriguezii (Fig. 3a b) covering almost 80% of the substratum.
A team of support divers, encumbered with lights and power cables, hovered around him while he remained near the top of the seamount.
