Vanished Islands and Hidden Continents of the PacificUniversity of Hawaii Press, 2009 - 269 sidor Islands—as well as entire continents—are reputed to have disappeared in many parts of the world. Yet there is little information on this subject concerning its largest ocean, the Pacific. Over the years, geologists have amassed data that point to the undeniable fact of islands having disappeared in the Pacific, a phenomenon that the oral traditions of many groups of Pacific Islanders also highlight. There are even a few instances where fragments of Pacific continents have disappeared, becoming hidden from view rather than being submerged. In this scientifically rigorous yet readily comprehensible account of the fascinating subject of vanished islands and hidden continents in the Pacific, the author ranges far and wide, from explanations of the region’s ancient history to the meanings of island myths. Using both original and up-to-date information, he shows that there is real value in bringing together myths and the geological understanding of land movements. |
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... ocean floor , about which hardly anything was known in Wegener's day ) around the surface of the earth , cutting their way slowly like giant icebreak- ers through the lighter oceanic crust . This was one aspect of the continental drift ...
... ocean floor . In this way , it is clear that Pangea had indeed existed as Wegener had argued , and that the continents have a long history of motion . Indeed this history extended back in time beyond Pangea to times when other such ...
... ocean floor around is thought to have been undeformed - flat like most ocean floor is today . But as Rarotonga grew larger and higher , its weight caused the ocean floor on which it rested to bow down , creating a moat around the island ...
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The Pacific Basin | 7 |
Islands That Vanished Long Ago | 35 |
Ancient Continents Hidden by Time | 62 |
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