Editing Seamount (section)

===Structure===
Seamounts can form in a wide variety of tectonic settings, resulting in a very diverse structural bank. Seamounts come in a wide variety of structural shapes, from conical to flat-topped to complexly shaped.<ref name=oceanography-geo/> Some are built very large and very low, such as [[Koko Guyot]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/197_IR/chap_01/c1_9.htm|title=SITE 1206|work=Ocean Drilling Program Database-Results of Site 1206|publisher=[[Ocean Drilling Program]]|access-date=26 July 2010}}</ref> and [[Detroit Seamount]];<ref name="Stanford-2005">{{cite web|url=http://pangea.stanford.edu/research/groups/crustal/docs/Kerr.DetroitSeamount.G3.2005.pdf |title=Seismic stratigraphy of Detroit Seamount, Hawaiian–Emperor Seamount chain|author1=Kerr, B. C. |author2=D. W. Scholl |author3=S. L. Klemperer|date=July 12, 2005|publisher=[[Stanford University]]|access-date=15 July 2010}}</ref> others are built more steeply, such as [[Kamaʻehuakanaloa Seamount]]<ref name="HCV-Main">{{cite web| last = Rubin| first = Ken| title = General Information About Loihi| work = Hawaii Center for Volcanology| publisher = [[School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology]]| date = January 19, 2006| url = http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/GG/HCV/loihi.html| access-date = 26 July 2010}}</ref> and [[Bowie Seamount]].<ref name=SI>{{cite web | title = The Bowie Seamount Area | publisher=John F. Dower and Frances J. Fee | date = February 1999 | url = http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/Library/246468.pdf |access-date=26 July 2010}}</ref> Some seamounts also have a [[Carbonate rock|carbonate]] or [[sediment]] [[caprock|cap]].<ref name=oceanography-geo/>

Many seamounts show signs of [[intrusion|intrusive activity]], which is likely to lead to [[Deformation (volcanology)|inflation]], steepening of volcanic slopes, and ultimately, flank collapse.<ref name=oceanography-geo/> There are also several sub-classes of seamounts. The first are [[guyot]]s, seamounts with a flat top. These tops must be {{convert|200|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} or more below the surface of the sea; the diameters of these flat summits can be over {{convert|10|km|mi|1|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Guyots|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/250080/guyot|encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]|access-date=24 July 2010}}</ref>  [[Knoll (oceanography)|Knolls]] are isolated elevation spikes measuring less than {{convert|1000|m|ft|0|sp=us}}.{{clarify|date=July 2023}} Lastly, [[Pinnacle (geology)|pinnacles]] are small pillar-like seamounts.<ref name=EoE-seamount/>

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