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Geological subsidence and sinking Islands: the case of Manono (Samoa) (2015)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Christophe Sand. Jacques Bolé. David Baret. André-John Ouetcho. Tautala Asaua.

W. Dickinson, as part of his wide study of the geological history of Pacific islands, has proposed in a series of papers to explain the unique case of the deeply submerged Lapita site of Mulifanua in Western Upolu (Samoa), as linked to the slow subsidence of Upolu Island. Recent archaeological research on the neighboring small island of Manono, has brought new and detailed data on this geological process. A series of dates allow to define chronologically the speed of the subsidence as well as...