Atlas of the Pacific Islands

On an attractive, full-page map of the Pacific Ocean sea floor there is no attempt to convey the dynamics of crustal plate movement so critical to an understanding of regional volcanism, earthquakes, and general geological process. Examples of Pacific Island case studies include the Rock Islands of...

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Published inContemporary Pacific Vol. 18; no. 1; pp. 196 - 197
Main Authors JUVIK, JAMES O, JUVIK, SONIA P
Format Book Review Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Honolulu CENTER FOR PACIFIC ISLANDS STUDIES & UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI'I PRESS 22.03.2006
University of Hawai'i Press
University of Hawaii Press
Subjects
Book and Media Reviews
Islands
Pacific Region
Photography
Tourism
Vanuatu
Queensland Australia
United States > US
Pacific region
Pacific Islands
American Samoa
Pacific Ocean
Palau
Australia
Samoa
Oceania
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Summary:On an attractive, full-page map of the Pacific Ocean sea floor there is no attempt to convey the dynamics of crustal plate movement so critical to an understanding of regional volcanism, earthquakes, and general geological process. Examples of Pacific Island case studies include the Rock Islands of Palau, the geologic evolution of Pacific islands, impacts of the Bikini nuclear testing, and tourism in Vanuatu. Strangely, a sidebar on "Exploring the Pacific Region" focuses solely on European explorers, thus missing entirely one of the most dramatic events of humankind, the initial longdistance colonization of the Pacific, initiated by the early water crossing to Australia from the Lesser Sunda Islands and culminating with the rapid Polynesian settlement of remote Oceania.
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ISSN:1043-898X
1527-9464
1527-9464
DOI:10.1353/cp.2005.0089