PLATE BOUNDARIES AND ISLAND CHAINS, PACIFIC BASIN
MIGRATION PATTERNS AND ARRIVAL DATES FOR INDIGENOUSPEOPLE (AND WESTERNERS)
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Moorea, an eroded high island with a fringing reef
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Bora Bora, a very eroded high island with an extensivefringing reef and lagoon
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Aratika (Tuamotu Islands), an atoll
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Atolls in theTumotus
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High, young basaltic hotspot volcano (Fernandina, Galápagos).Essentially no soils have developed because it is very young (still active), and rainfallis usually low.
High, young andesite subductionzone volcano (Tinakula, Solomons).Soils developed rapidly due to thehigh amount of pyroclasticmaterial and high rainfall.
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Raised coral island (Makatea, Tuamotus). Note the lackof a lagoon and no high part of the island.
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Shoreline of Makatea. Note the inhospitable cliffs.
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Interior of Makatea - imagine trying to walk around or farm thesejagged rocks.
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