Earth:Queensland Guyot
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Short description: Submerged volcano off the east coast of Australia
| Queensland Guyot | |
|---|---|
  Location of the Queensland Guyot | |
| Summit depth | 419 metres (1,375 ft)[1] |
| Location | |
| Location | To the east of the coast off Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Group | Tasmantid Seamount Chain |
| Coordinates | [ ⚑ ] : 27°35′00″S 155°11′01″E / 27.5833333°S 155.18361°E |
| Geology | |
| Type | Guyot |
The Queensland Guyot is an extinct volcanic seamount of the Tasmantid Seamount Chain.
It is a basaltic volcano that erupted about 20,900,000 years ago,[2] with survey data that indicates it rises about 4,000 m (13,000 ft) above the local sea floor to a minimum depth of 419 m (1,375 ft).[1] It is just to the north of the Britannia Guyots and is connected to them by a ridge that rises about 2,000 m (6,600 ft) from the sea floor. It was described as a seamount in 1961.[3]
The waters above it are incorporated in the Central Eastern Marine Park, an Australian marine park.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "GEBCO Undersea Feature Names Gazetteer". https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/.
- ↑ Eggins, S. M.; Green, David Headley; Falloon, Trevor J. (1991). "The Tasmantid seamounts: Shallow melting and contamination of an EM1 mantle plume". Earth and Planetary Science Letters 107 (3-4): 448-462. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Trevor-Falloon/publication/253465187_The_Tasmantid_Seamounts_-_Shallow_melting_and_contamination_of_an_EM1_mantle_plume/links/5a7a252ea6fdccebdd81942d/The-Tasmantid-Seamounts-Shallow-melting-and-contamination-of-an-EM1-mantle-plume.pdf.
- ↑ Standard, J. C. (1961). "Submarine Geology of the Tasman Sea". Geological Society of America Bulletin 72: 1777-1788. doi:10.1130/0016-7606%281961%2972%5B1777%3ASGOTTS%5D2.0.CO%3B2.
- ↑ "Temperate East Marine Parks Network Management Plan 2018". Parks Australia. https://parksaustralia.gov.au/marine/pub/plans/temperate-east-management-plan-2018.pdf.
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