A Cretaceous guyot in the Rockall Trough
Abstract
THE Anton Dohrn seamount1,2 is situated in the central part of the Rockall Trough (Fig. 1). The feature is of some interest in view of its relatively isolated position in the trough and because it has an almost flat summit, a rare characteristic for a seamount in the North Atlantic. Because it has received little attention since its early bathymetric survey, we took the opportunity of recording magnetic and seismic profiles over it and also carried out a preliminary sampling investigation in the area during a recent cruise of RRS John Murray. In this contribution we report some of our findings and discuss their significance in relation to the history of the region.
- Publication:
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Nature
- Pub Date:
- September 1974
- DOI:
- 10.1038/251129a0
- Bibcode:
- 1974Natur.251..129J