Seamounts and other basement outcrops focus ridge-flank hydrothermal exchange between the crust and the ocean. We describe the driving forces responsible for hydrothermal flows on ridge flanks, and ...

Location of the surveyed seamounts and guyots within the Louisville Seamount Chain. Dots mark the location of the seamount summit, boxes mark areas open/closed to New Zealand bottom fishing.

The underwater terrain consists of seamounts, trenches, canyons, and guyots formed by the same volcanic source as the adjacent Salas y Gómez Ridge. It is the oldest of the two seamount chains, with ...

What You Need to Know: In October 2021, the U.S. Navy’s nuclear-powered submarine USS Connecticut collided with an uncharted seamount in the South China Sea, resulting in injuries to 11 crew ...

The largest of the four seamounts recently discovered by Schmidt Ocean Institute experts is 1.5 miles high and covers about 280 square miles. Schmidt Ocean Institute image A team of scientists ...

The Schmidt Ocean Institute has discovered 29 seamounts, hills, and trenches while mapping “about 1.5 million square kilometers” of seafloor, officials say.