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The Pattern of Some Pacific Island Chains

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

L. J. Chubb
L. J. Chubb
Affiliation:
Geological Survey Department, Kingston, Jamaica, B.W.I.
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Abstract

In certain Pacific island chains, characterized by feldspathoids in their volcanic rocks, the arrangement of the different types of islands conforms to a pattern which suggests that yulcanicity began at one end and moved progressively along the chain, erecting a series of volcanoes, each of which passed through a succession of stages, ending as an atoll. The origin of coral reefs is discussed in the light of these observations.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 94 , Issue 3 , June 1957 , pp. 221 - 228
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1957

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