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Hess 1946

Hess, H.H. (1946). Drowned ancient islands of the Pacific Basin. American Journal of Science 244(11): 772-791.

Some one hundred and sixty, curious, flat-topped peaks have been discovered in the Pacific basin between Hawaii and the Marianas. They appear to be truncated volcanic islands rising about nine to twelve thousand feet from the ocean floor. An hypothesis is tentatively advanced suggesting that the summit surfaces are very old and possibly represent marine planation surfaces in a pre-Cambrian ocean in which reef building organisms did not exist.'

Keywords
Drowned ancient islands, Pacific Ocean, 07, Oceanography

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American Journal of Science
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