Incluye referencias bibliográficas al final de cada capítulo.

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. New Caledonia: the norfolk and loyalty ridges; the new caledonia and loyalty basins -- Chapter 3. Papua New Guinea: a montage of island arcs -- Chapter 4. The Solomon Islands: San Cristobal to bougainville and buka -- Chapter 5. Vanuatu and the eastern outer solomon islands: formation of the new hebrides and vitiaz arcs and development of the North Fiji Basin -- Chapter 6. Tonga: the tonga ridge and trench; the lau ridge and trough -- Chapter 7. Fiji: a fragmented arc -- Chapter 8. A southwest pacific regional synthesis: migration of the Indo-Australia/ Pacific Plate boundary during the cenozoic era.