Review. The age and origin of the Pacific islands: A geological overview

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 363, Issue 1508, 2008, Pages 3293-3308

  Neall, Vincent E ^a   Trewick, Steven A ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Islands; Pacific; Plate tectonics

Indexed keywords

COCOS PLATE; CONTINENTAL CRUST; EVOLUTION; ISLAND; JUAN DE FUCA PLATE; NAZCA PLATE; PLATE TECTONICS; RIFTING; SEAFLOOR;

ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; CAROLINE ISLANDS; ECUADOR; EURASIA; FAR EAST; FIJI; FRENCH POLYNESIA; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; IZU-BONIN ARC; JAPAN; MELANESIA; MICRONESIA; NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA]; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PALAU; POLYNESIA; SOCIETY ISLANDS; SOLOMON ISLANDS [(ISG) MELANESIA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGY; HISTORY; PACIFIC ISLANDS; REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL; VOLCANO;

GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PACIFIC ISLANDS; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EID: 51849144255     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2008.0119     Document Type: Review

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