Louisville seamount chain
- Louisville seamount chain
The Louisville seamount chain is an underwater chain of over 70 seamounts in the Southwest Pacific Ocean. One of the longest seamount chains on Earth, it stretches some 4,300 kilometres[Vanderkluysen, L.; Mahoney, J. J.; Koppers, A. A.; and Lonsdale, P. F. (2007). [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2007AGUFM.V42B..06V Geochemical Evolution of the Louisville Seamount Chain] , American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2007, abstract #V42B-06.] from the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge ENE to Tonga-Kermadec Trench, where it subducts under the Indo-Australian Plate as part of the Pacific Plate. The chain has been formed by the movement of the Pacific Plate over the Louisville hotspot.]References
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