Geology, climate, and landscape of the PABITRA wet-zone transect, Viti Levu Island, Fiji (1).(The Pacific-Asia Biodiversity Transect )

Pacific Science | April 1, 2005| | Copyright

Abstract: The PABITRA Gateway Transect in Fiji covers most of the eastern part of Viti Levu, the largest island in the archipelago. Viti Levu is located exclusively on the Fiji Plate, a microplate between the giant Pacific Plate and the Indo-Australian Plate that has been moved counterclockwise within the past 42 million yr as a result of their oblique convergence. There is no secure geologic evidence that Viti Levu was ever in contact with part of Gondwana, despite the presence of Gondwana flora. The oldest rock series in the area is the submarine Eocene Wainimala Group, ...

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