Kashima First Seamount

Japanese: 鹿島第一海山 - かしまだいいちかいざん
Kashima First Seamount

…The cause of the submarine volcanoes sinking after their activity has ceased is thought to be the sinking of the oceanic plate itself, but also the sinking of the mountain itself. In the vicinity of Japan, Erimo Seamount and Kashima Daiichi Seamount are famous for the Cretaceous shell fossils and foraminifera fossils that have been collected from their summits. [Toshihiro Sato]. …

*Some of the terminology used to refer to "Kashima Daiichi Seamount" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…海底火山が活動終了後に沈下する原因は,海洋プレート自体の沈降もあるが,山体そのものの沈下も考えられている。日本付近では襟裳(えりも)海山,鹿島第一海山などがギヨーで,山頂から白亜紀の貝化石や有孔虫化石が採取されており有名である。【佐藤 任弘】。…

※「鹿島第一海山」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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