How Do Seamounts Form? | The Volcanic Process
Seamounts form when molten rock erupts from the Earth’s mantle through the seafloor, accumulates in layers of hardened lava, and builds an underwater mountain that stops short of the water’s surface. The ocean floor is not a flat, empty plain. Beneath the waves, thousands of mountains rise from the depths. These underwater peaks, known as
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