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Chapters – ‘Environmental Change in the Pacific Basin’ (1999)

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Chapter 1:        The Pacific Basin

Chapter 2:        Investigating the Pacific Basin

Chapter 3:        Ideas Concerning the Origin of the Pacific Basin

Chapter 4:        The Earliest Pacific (before 250 million years ago)

Chapter 5:        The Pacific During the Mesozoic Era (250-66 million years ago)

Chapter 6:        The Pacific During the Paleogene (66-24.6 million years ago)

Chapter 7:        The Pacific During the Neogene (24.6-1.77 million years ago)

Chapter 8:        Understanding the Chronology of the Pleistocene (1.77-0.012 million years ago)

Chapter 9:        The Early and Middle Pleistocene in the Pacific Basin (1.77-.128 million years ago)

Chapter 10:      The Last Interglacial (128-111 thousand years ago) in the Pacific Basin

Chapter 11:      The Last Glacial (111-12 thousand years ago) in the Pacific Basin

Chapter 12:      Human Arrival in the Pacific Basin

Chapter 13:      The Early Holocene (12-6 thousand years ago) in the Pacific Basin

Chapter 14:      The Middle Holocene (6-3 thousand years ago) in the Pacific Basin

Chapter 15:      The Late Holocene (3 thousand years ago to present) in the Pacific Basin

Chapter 16:      Afterword

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Left: The combination of sea-level fall and human predation led to the extirpation of Hippopus hippopus clams in Fiji more than 2600 years ago. Right: Continental rocks exposed at the base of these cliffs on ‘Eua Island (Tonga) belie its ancient origin.