Pasenau, Horst (1971) Morphometrische Untersuchungen an Hangterrassen der Großen Meteorbank. Meteor Forschungsergebnisse: Reihe C, Geologie und Geophysik, 6 . pp. 69-82.

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Abstract

The data of a topographical survey of the Great Meteor Seamount (during the Atlantische Kuppenfahrten 1967) are investigated statistically and show a significant frequency of systematical variations in the course of the slope in depths from 300 to 700 meters. This range is morphometrically analysed - inclination diagrams give information about the structure of the slope. Considering the results of other authors an interpretation of the observed terraces is attempted: in 450 m depth exists a barrier reef, especially in the N and E of the seamount; in about 550 m (particularly in the N and E) a series of steps can be proved; in 610 m depth a residual terrace extends from W to NNW. The interaction of eustatic changes in sea level with isostatic movements of the seamount leads to the various structure of the upper patt of the slopes. To interpret the 450 m-terrace as a coral reef, optimal conditions for vigorous growth of reef-forming corals are assumed during the Pre-pleistocene.

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