. The Earth beneath the sea : History . GILBERT SEAMOUNT CONTOUR INTERVAL 100 FM Noutical miles 6 ~i i 3 4 5 Kiy. 3. CJilbert. Seamount in the Norlli PaciHc 4. Guyots A guyot is a flat-topped seamount deej^er than 100 fm. The discovery of these features was announced by Hess in 1946 and his pioneering efforts launched a continuing and very fruitful exploration of guyots. Hess personally sounded 20 guyots and found 140 probable guyots by examining unpublished soundings. The guyots described were limited to the northwestern Pacific, although Hess recognized that some of the seamounts described b
. The Earth beneath the sea : History . GILBERT SEAMOUNT CONTOUR INTERVAL 100 FM Noutical miles 6 ~i i 3 4 5 Kiy. 3. CJilbert. Seamount in the Norlli PaciHc 4. Guyots A guyot is a flat-topped seamount deej^er than 100 fm. The discovery of these features was announced by Hess in 1946 and his pioneering efforts launched a continuing and very fruitful exploration of guyots. Hess personally sounded 20 guyots and found 140 probable guyots by examining unpublished soundings. The guyots described were limited to the northwestern Pacific, although Hess recognized that some of the seamounts described by Murray (1941) in the Gulf of Alaska were also flat-topped. From their topography alone, Hess concluded that the guyots were drowned ancient islands which had been truncated at sea-level. From the absence of coral capping he reasoned that they
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