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CURRENT interest in geodynamics ihas stimulated research into late Quaternary uplift rates of the Earth's crust from uranium series age determinations of elevated coral reefs1,2. Of particular interest is the subduction rate of the Australian Plate beneath the New Hebridean Island Arc along the New Hebrides Trench (Fig. 1) derived using the uplift rate of a pre-subduction lithophere flexure near the south-eastern Loyalty Islands3,4. We report here seven uranium series ages of elevated coral reefs in the New Hebridean Islands in the hope that estimates of uplift rate in the island arc will provide additional constraints for Quaternary plate-tectonic models.
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NEEF, G., VEEH, H. Uranium series ages and late Quaternary uplift in the New Hebrides. Nature 269, 682–683 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1038/269682a0
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