Vailulu'u Seamount, Samoa: Life and Death on an Active Submarine Volcano

Submersible exploration of the Samoan hotspot revealed a new, 300-m-tall, volcanic cone, named Nafanua, in the summit crater of Vailulu'u seamount. Nafanua grew from the 1,000-m-deep crater floor in

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Veröffentlicht in:	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS 2006-04, Vol.103 (17), p.6448-6453
Hauptverfasser:	Staudigel, Hubert, Hart, Stanley R., Pile, Adele, Bailey, Bradley E., Baker, Edward T., Brooke, Sandra, Connelly, Douglas P., Haucke, Lisa, German, Christopher R., Hudson, Ian, Jones, Daniel, Koppers, Anthony A. P., Konter, Jasper, Lee, Ray, Pietsch, Theodore W., Tebo, Bradley M., Templeton, Alexis S., Zierenberg, Robert, Young, Craig M.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animals Aquatic habitats Aquatic life Biological Sciences Carbon dioxide Dysommina rugosa Ecology Ecosystem Eels Ferric Compounds Geological Phenomena Geology Hot Temperature Hydrothermal vents Impact craters Marine Metazoa Microscopy, Electron, Scanning Ocean currents Oceans Particulate matter Physical Sciences Polynoidae Samoa Sea water Seamounts Seawater - microbiology Submersibles Volcanic Eruptions Volcanoes
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Zusammenfassung:	Submersible exploration of the Samoan hotspot revealed a new, 300-m-tall, volcanic cone, named Nafanua, in the summit crater of Vailulu'u seamount. Nafanua grew from the 1,000-m-deep crater floor in
ISSN:	0027-8424 1091-6490
DOI:	10.1073/pnas.0600830103