Find a term from the labs, understand the process behind it, and see how it appears in the landscape. Each entry connects an explanation with a real observation and a model you can explore.
Term
Seamount
An underwater mountain, usually volcanic. Seamounts need not lie on an age-progressive hotspot chain or have once stood above sea level.
What to look for
NOAA multibeam survey of an Arctic seamount. A seamount is a submarine mountain; a guyot is the flat-topped subtype. Surveyed topography, rather than colour alone, is needed to distinguish them.
