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Islands That Have Disappeared into Ocean Trenches Islands That Have Disappeared into Ocean Trenches
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Subsided Islands in the Middle of Plates Subsided Islands in the Middle of Plates
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Islands That Drowned When Sea Level Rose Islands That Drowned When Sea Level Rose
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Atolls: Drowned or Not? Atolls: Drowned or Not?
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Ancient Island-Flank Collapses Ancient Island-Flank Collapses
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Islands That Blew Themselves to Pieces Islands That Blew Themselves to Pieces
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Vanished Islands Inferred from Biogeography Vanished Islands Inferred from Biogeography
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Of Hawaiian Flies, Marshallese Snails, and the Shore Fauna of Easter Island and Sala y Gómez Of Hawaiian Flies, Marshallese Snails, and the Shore Fauna of Easter Island and Sala y Gómez
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Ancient Island Arks Ancient Island Arks
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Island Stepping-Stones in the Tasman Sea Island Stepping-Stones in the Tasman Sea
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Long-Distance Dispersal into the Central Pacific: The Long-Jawed Spiders of the Society Islands and Other Biogeographic Enigmas Long-Distance Dispersal into the Central Pacific: The Long-Jawed Spiders of the Society Islands and Other Biogeographic Enigmas
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Pumice Mats and Dead Whales: Novel Forms of Biotic Dispersal Pumice Mats and Dead Whales: Novel Forms of Biotic Dispersal
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Serendipity and the Human Exploration of the Pacific Serendipity and the Human Exploration of the Pacific
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Published:October 2008
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Abstract
This chapter discusses those islands in the Pacific that were formerly emergent but are now submerged. It focuses exclusively on those islands that were submerged before humans settled the region in large numbers. The purpose of this exercise is to show that island submergence, for a variety of reasons, has been a relatively common phenomenon during the history of the Pacific. This supports the contention that incidences of island disappearance recalled by humans through oral traditions are not necessarily fanciful or even wildly exaggerated versions of something that actually happened. The discussion covers islands that have disappeared into ocean trenches; subsided islands in the middle of plates; islands that drowned when sea level rose; whether or not atolls are drowned islands; islands that blew themselves to pieces; vanished islands inferred from biogeography; ancient island arks; island stepping-stones in the Tasman Sea; and biotic dispersal across the Pacific.
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