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1.CAS Key Laboratory of Marine Geology and Environment, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China
2.Laboratory for Marine Geology, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao), Qingdao 266237, China
3.Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China
Xiaochuan MA, E-mail: mxch@qdio.ac.cn
Received:09 October 2020,
Accepted:27 December 2020,
Online First:06 April 2021,
Published:2021-09
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Yu GAN, Xiaochuan MA, Zhendong LUAN, et al. Morphology and multifractal features of a guyot in specific topographic vicinity in the Caroline Ridge, West Pacific[J]. Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2021, 39(5): 1591-1604.
Yu GAN, Xiaochuan MA, Zhendong LUAN, et al. Morphology and multifractal features of a guyot in specific topographic vicinity in the Caroline Ridge, West Pacific[J]. Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2021, 39(5): 1591-1604. DOI: 10.1007/s00343-021-0383-8.
Massive seamounts have been surveyed and documented in the last decades. However
the morphologies of seamounts are usually described in qualitative manners
yet few quantitative detections have been carried out. Here
based on the high-resolution multi-beam bathymetric data
we report a recentlysurveyed guyot on the Caroline Ridge in the West Pacific
and the large-scale volcanic structures and smallscale erosive-depositional landforms in the guyot area have been identified. The multifractal features of the guyot are characterized for the first time by applying multifractal detrended fluctuation analysis on the surveyed bathymetric data. The results indicate that the multifractal spectrum parameters of the seafloor have strong spatial dependency on the fluctuations of local landforms. Both small- and large-scale components contribute to the degree of asymmetry of the multifractal spectrum (
B
)
while the fluctuations of
B
are mostly attributed to the changes in small-scale roughness. The maximum singularity strength (
α
0
correlates well with the roughness of large-scale landforms and likely reflects the large-scale topographic irregularity. Comparing to traditional roughness parameters or monofractal exponents
multifractal spectra are able to depict not only the multiscale characteristics of submarine landforms
but also the spatial variations of scaling behaviors. Although more comparative works are required for various seamounts
we hope this study
as a case of quantifying geomorphological characters and multiscale behaviors of seamounts
can encourage further studies on seamounts concerning geomorphological processes
ocean bottom circulations
and seamount ecosystems.
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