Premiers résultats des plongées Nautile de la campagne SUBPSO 1 sur la zone de collision "ride des Loyauté arc des Nouvelles-Hébrides" (Sud-Ouest Pacifique) [PDF]
, 1989 International audienceFour dives were conducted over the collision zone "Loyalty ridge/New Hebrides arc". On the Loyalty ridge, basaltic and rhyolitic breccias overlain by reef limestones were observed.
Boulin, J. +5 more
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Crustal structure of the Kermadec arc from MANGO seismic refraction profiles [PDF]
, 2016 Three active-source seismic refraction profiles are integrated with morphological and potential field data to place the first regional constraints on the structure of the Kermadec subduction zone.
Bassett, Dan +8 more
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CATASTROPHIC FLANK COLLAPSE ON TA’U ISLAND AND SUBSEQUENT TSUNAMI: HAS THIS OCCURRED DURING THE LAST 170 YEARS? [PDF]
, 2012 Ta’u, the easternmost inhabited island in the Samoan Islands archipelago, exhibits a series of down-faulted benches on its southern flank, believed to be the remnant of ~30 km3 catastrophic collapse.
Jim Cole, Shaun Williams, Tim Davies
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Upper-atmosphere responses to the 2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha′apai volcanic eruption via acoustic gravity waves and air–sea interaction [PDF]
Atmospheric Chemistry and PhysicsA multi-group of strong atmospheric waves (wave packet nos. 1–5) over China associated with the 2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha′apai (HTHH) volcano eruptions were observed in the mesopause region using a ground-based airglow imager network.
Q. Li +12 more
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Bryophyte floras of tropical Pacific islands [PDF]
, 1990 A review of the status of bryological research in each of the nations, states or governmental units of southern Melanesia, Micronesia and tropical Polynesia shows the imperfect state of knowledge about the Pacific tropical islands. Best known overall are
Miller, Harvey A., Whittier, Henry O.
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Kava (Piper methysticum) in the South Pacific: its importance, methods of cultivation, cultivars, diseases and pests [PDF]
Crop Production/Industries,
Brown, J.F., Davis, R.I.
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Coastal Geomorphology of the Beqa and Yanuca Islands, South Pacific Ocean, and Its Significance for the Tectonic History of the Vatulele-Beqa Ridge [PDF]
, 1990 Data referring to elevations of emerged shoreline indicators along the coasts of Beqa and Yanuca islands in southern Fiji were collected and indicate the presence of former mean sea levels at elevations (and shoreline names) of 0.96 m (MUAI), 1.93 m ...
Nunn, Patrick D.
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Geoscience LettersOn 15 January 2022, the Tonga submarine volcano eruption generated atmospheric shocks, air pressure perturbations, tsunamis, etc., inducing traveling atmospheric disturbances (TADs) and traveling ionospheric disturbances (TIDs).
Tien-Chi Liu +5 more
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Frontiers in Earth ScienceThis study explores the dynamic evolution of the Hunga Volcano in the Kingdom of Tonga and covers two volcanic unrests, focusing on the creation and subsequent disappearance of a new island between Hunga Tonga (HT) and Hunga Ha'apai (HH) between 2013 and
Carla Braitenberg
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Earth and Space ScienceThe Tonga‐Hunga volcanic eruption on 15 January 2022 at 04:14:54 UTC produced large perturbations in the lower atmosphere and ionosphere globally. We report that the long period (0.28–16.67 mHz) ionospheric disturbances followed the surface pressure ...
Dwijendra N. Pandey +4 more
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