Continental microplates are enigmatic plate boundary features, which can occur in
extensional and compressional regimes. Here we focus on microplate formation and their …

Abstract A 1: 1,000,000-scale lithostratigraphic assemblage map of the Lau Basin
(southwestern Pacific Ocean) has been created using remote predictive mapping (RPM) …

Hydrothermal vents are extreme environments, where abundant communities of copepods
with contrasting life history traits co-exist along hydrothermal gradients. Here, we discuss …

Submarine caldera volcanoes may host several hydrothermal systems along the caldera
wall and related to volcanic cones. Fluid boiling and magmatic volatile influx are common …

Felsic volcanic rocks are abundant in ancient greenstone belts and important host rocks for
volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) deposits. About half of all VMS deposits are hosted by …

We designed a workflow to investigate areas of potential neotectonic deformation, making
use of well-developed techniques, but applied to a site characterized by low relief and low or …

Back-arc spreading centres and related volcanic structures are known for their intense
hydrothermal activity. The axial volcanic edifice of Maka at the North Eastern Lau Spreading …

Due to the complexity of 2D magnetic anomaly maps north of 18° S and the sparsity of
seismic data, the tectonic evolution of the northern Lau Basin has not yet been unraveled …

We provide new geochemical and isotope data for lavas from six young submarine
volcanoes from the northernmost oceanic Tonga island arc. These lavas have low …

The ocean basins contain numerous volcanic ridges, seamounts and large igneous
provinces (LIPs). Numerous studies have focused on the origin of seamount chains and LIPs …