USGS/Cascades Volcano Observatory, Vancouver, Washington
Submarine Volcanoes, Ridges, and Vents
- Background and Information
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DESCRIPTION: Submarine Volcanoes, Ridges, and Vents
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Seamounts ...
Submarine Eruptions ...
Submarine Mountain Chains ...
Submarine Peaks ...
Submarine Ridges ...
Submarine Trenches ...
Submarine Vents ...
Submarine Volcanoes ...
Volcanic Vents ...
Axial Seamount, Juan De Fuca Ridge ...
Japan ...
Kavachi, Solomon Islands ...
Kick 'Em Jenny, West Indies ...
Loihi Seamount, Hawaii ...
Marianas Trench ...
Ruby Seamount, North Pacific ...
Surtsey, Iceland ...
White Island, New Zealand ...
- Items of Interest
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Axial Seamount - Juan de Fuca Ridge Menu
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Axial Seamount - Map
-- [Map,11K,InlineGIF]
-- showing features of Pacific/Juan de Fuca/North American subduction
system relative to Western United States.
Open blue arrows, ridge-spreading directions;
solid blue arrow, convergence direction.
-- Modified from: Swanson, et.al., 1989,
IGC Field Trip T106:
Cenozoic Volcanism in the Cascade Range and Columbia Plateau,
Southern Washington and Northernmost Oregon, p.2
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Different Volcano Types - Menu
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Gorda Ridge, Juan de Fuca Ridge - Menu
-- Washington-Oregon-California coast
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Japan Volcanoes and Volcanics - Menu
-- largest number of submarine volcanoes,
mostly extending down the Izu-Marianas arc, and the largest number of
reported submarine eruptions
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Juan de Fuca Volcanics - Description
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Axial Seamount ...
Cascade Range ...
Cascadia Subduction Zone ...
Explorer Plate ...
Gorda Plate ...
Gorda Ridge ...
Juan de Fuca Plate ...
Juan de Fuca Ridge ...
Juan de Fuca Subduction ...
North American Plate ...
Pacific Plate ...
Plate Tectonics ...
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Juan de Fuca Volcanics - Map
-- [Map,20K,InlineGIF]
-- Modified from: Brantley, 1994
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Juan de Fuca Volcanics - Menu
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Kavachi - Map
-- [Map,11K,InlineGIF]
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Kavachi - Solomon Islands Menu
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Kick 'Em Jenny - Map
-- [Map,11K,InlineGIF]
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Kick 'Em Jenny - West Indies Menu
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Map, Juan de Fuca Ridge - Gorda Ridge - Axial Seamount
-- [Map,11K,InlineGIF]
-- showing features of Pacific/Juan de Fuca/North American subduction
system relative to Western United States.
Open blue arrows, ridge-spreading directions;
solid blue arrow, convergence direction.
-- Modified from: Swanson, et.al., 1989,
IGC Field Trip T106:
Cenozoic Volcanism in the Cascade Range and Columbia Plateau,
Southern Washington and Northernmost Oregon, p.2
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Map, Juan de Fuca Subduction - Juan de Fuca Ridge - Cascade Range
-- [Map,20K,InlineGIF]
-- Modified from: Brantley, 1994
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Map, Mariana Islands, including Ruby Seamount and the Marianas Trench
-- [Map,27K,InlineGIF]
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Marianas Trench and the Marianas Islands - Map
-- [Map,27K,InlineGIF]
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Marianas Trench and the Marianas Islands - North Pacific Menu
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Plate Tectonics, etc. - Description
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African Plate ...
Aleutian Trench ...
Continental Volcanoes ...
Convergent Boundaries ...
Eurasian Plate ...
Hawaiian-Emperor Chain ...
"Hot Spots" ...
Intra-Plate Volcanoes ...
Island-Arc Volcanoes ...
Juan de Fuca Plate ...
Marianas Trench ...
Mid-Atlantic Ridge ...
North American Plate ...
Oceanic Volcanoes ...
Pacific Plate ...
Philippine Sea Plate ...
Plates ...
Plate Boundary Volcanoes ...
Plate Convergence ...
Plate Tectonics ...
"Ring of Fire"...
Sea-Floor Spreading ...
South American Plate ...
Spreading Ridges ...
Strike-Slip Faults ...
Subduction Zones ...
Submarine Volcanoes ...
Yellowstone Hot Spot ...
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Plate Tectonics and Sea Floor Spreading - Menu
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Ruby Seamount - Map
-- [Map,27K,InlineGIF]
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Ruby Seamount - North Pacific Menu
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Surtsey - Iceland Menu
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Surtsey - Map
-- [Map,15K,InlineGIF]
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Vestmannaeyjar Volcanics - Iceland Menu
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Vestmannaeyjar Volcanics - Map
-- [Map,15K,InlineGIF]
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White Island - Map
-- [Map,20K,InlineGIF]
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White Island - New Zealand Menu
- Useful Links
- Other Menus of Interest
URL for CVO HomePage is:
<http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/home.html>
URL for this page is:
<http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Glossary/SubmarineVolcano/framework.html>
If you have questions or comments please contact:
<GS-CVO-WEB@usgs.gov>
05/13/03, Lyn Topinka