A look inside the seamount reveals layers of chalk characteristic of formations from shallow marine seas during the Cretaceous.
Layers Of Chalk
Image courtesy of NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2016 Deepwater Exploration of the Marianas. Download larger version (jpg, 745 KB).

A look inside the seamount reveals layers of chalk characteristic of formations from shallow marine seas during the Cretaceous.

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