Английская Википедия:Eratosthenes Seamount
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox Seamount The Eratosthenes Seamount or Eratosthenes Tablemount is a seamount in the Eastern Mediterranean, in the Levantine basin about Шаблон:Convert south of western Cyprus.[1][2] Unlike most seamounts, it is a carbonate platform not a volcano.[3] It is a large, submerged massif, about Шаблон:Convert. Its peak lies at the depth of Шаблон:Convert and it rises Шаблон:Convert above the surrounding seafloor, which is located at the depth of up to Шаблон:Convert and is a part of the Herodotus Abyssal Plain.[4] It is one of the largest features on the Eastern Mediterranean seafloor.
In 2010 and 2012 the Ocean Exploration Trust's vessel EV Nautilus explored the seamount looking for shipwrecks. Three were found; two were Ottoman vessels from the 19th century and the third was from the 4th century BC. Such seamounts are considered to be ideal for the preservation of shipwrecks because at depths of around Шаблон:Convert the areas are not disturbed by trawlers or by sediments coming off land.[5]
Oceanography
The Cyprus eddy is a sustained mesoscale eddy with a diameter about Шаблон:Convert, regularly appearing above Eratosthenes Seamount. It was surveyed by oceanographic cruises notably in 1995, 2000, 2001 and 2009.[6]
Geology
During the Messinian crisis, as the sea level in the Mediterranean dropped by about Шаблон:Convert, the seamount emerged.[7]
See also
References
External links
- Mart, Yossi and Robertson, Alastair H. F. (1998). Eratosthenes Seamount: an oceanographic yardstick recording the Late Mesozoic-Tertiary geological history of the Eastern Mediterranean, in Robertson, A.H.F., Emeis, K.-C., Richter, C., and Camerlenghi, A. (eds.), Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, Vol. 160, Chapter 52, 701–708.
- Kempler, Ditza (1998). Eratosthenes Seamount: the possible spearhead of incipient continental collision in the Eastern Mediterranean, in Robertson, A.H.F., Emeis, K.-C., Richter, C., and Camerlenghi, A. (eds.), Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, Vol. 160, Chapter 53, 709–721.
- Earthref entry