“… the book’s great strength is the way in which the author is able to bring over a decade of strongly-based field research to the interpretation of these landscapes and draw together a scattered grey literature for the reader. The writing is accessible and many of the illustrations spectacular … one cannot but be tempted to see these landscapes first hand: surely a fine recommendation for any work” (Progress in Physical Geography)
“The book is written clearly and maintains the reader’s interest. It is unpretentious; encouraging further studies … There is plenty of good geomorphology brought together in this single compilation, and if it inspires only a few readers to take a deeper interest, this book will have served the study of island landscapes well” (Australian Geographical Studies)
“Le principal mérite de cet ouvrage est d’avoir esquissé pour la première fois, malgré les difficultés dues au manque de données, une synthèse sur l’origine et l’histoire physique d’une des régions les moins connues du globe” (Géochronique)
“The substance of this book is a collection of research papers reviewing and substantially adding to the geomorphic understanding of a few selected environments .. Each of chapters two to eight could easily have been transformed into papers published in the journal literature, and like most good papers, these are works in progress … The consideration of landscape change and the initial settlement of Pacific Islands in chapter nine is an excellent exploration of the links between geomorphology and archaeology in the Pacific … this book is an important contribution to Pacific Island geomorphology, but should also be seriously considered by those interested in the history of the people of the Pacific” (New Zealand Geographer)
“Although not a textbook, it contains an excellent glossary to aid the non-specialist reader. Its major appeal must be to earth scientists with an interest in oceanic islands, and it will be invaluable … and undoubtedly provocative …” (Pacific Affairs)