it first becomes an atoll island and then an atoll. Further subsidence causes the volcano to sink below the sea surface, becoming a seamount and/or a guyot. See also Detroit Seamount Isostasy Kodiak–Bowie Seamount chain Meiji Seamount New England Seamounts Oceanic trench Pacific-Kula Ridge Plate tectonics Timeline of the far future Reference Informational notes Citations Further reading USGS, "The long trail of the Hawaiian hotspot" National Geographic News: John Roach, "Hot Spot That Spawned Hawaii Was on the Move, Study Finds" : August 14, 2003 Evolution of Hawaiian Volcanoes from the USGS. Ken Rubin, "The Formation of the Hawaiian Islands" with tables and diagrams illustrating the progressive age of the volcanoes. Hot Spots and Mantle Plumes Seamount chains Seamounts of the Pacific Ocean Volcanism of Oceania Volcanism of the Pacific Ocean Volcanism of Hawaii Guyots Landforms of Hawaii Physical oceanography Volcanoes of Hawaii Hotspot tracks Cretaceous volcanism Cretaceous Oceania Cenozoic volcanism Cenozoic Hawaii Cenozoic Oceania