Citation

Bonatti E, Tazieff H. Science 1970; 168(3935): 1087-1089.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1970, American Association for the Advancement of Science)

DOI

10.1126/science.168.3935.1087

PMID

17833451

Abstract

A series of originally submarine volcanoes has been found in the Afar Depression. Some of the volcanic structures are morphologically similar to oceanic guyots. One of them consists of strata of finely fragmented and pulverized basaltic glass. The fragmentation of the lava is probably the result of stream explosions taking place during the submarine eruption. The flat top of this guyot is considered to be a constructional feature; by analogy, it is suggested that not all oceanic guyots are necessarily the result of wave truncation of former volcanic islands.

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