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Geomorphology and Geodynamics of the Cook-Austral Island-Seamount Chain in the South Pacific Ocean: Implications for Hotspots and Plumes

William R. Dickinson Department of Geosciences, P.O. Box 210077 University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, 85721
Pages 1039-1075 | Published online: 06 Jul 2010

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