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1524:Bula Basin
1497:and basins
1436:Ayu Trough
1429:New Guinea
1415:Aur Trough
1369:Aru Trough
1167:New Guinea
1036:New Guinea
783:Aden Ridge
632:Seychelles
547:Madagascar
432:Aegean Sea
389:Philippine
290:Australian
155:References
102:New Guinea
52:north-west
1634:tectonics
1121:Indonesia
672:Trobriand
577:Niuafo’ou
532:Kerguelen
507:Halmahera
502:Greenland
487:Galápagos
457:Capricorn
447:Banda Sea
437:Anatolian
354:Caribbean
275:Antarctic
60:92mm/year
1271:Trenches
973:Category
765:Kshiroda
750:Malvinas
720:Farallon
715:Cimmeria
682:Woodlark
677:Victoria
637:Shetland
537:Kermadec
477:Explorer
427:Adriatic
359:Caroline
280:Eurasian
135:and the
119:along a
65:Features
49:Movement
1276:troughs
985:Commons
760:Phoenix
735:Izanagi
725:Insular
710:Charcot
627:Sangihe
597:Okinawa
567:Mariana
552:Malpelo
542:Lwandle
517:Iranian
512:Iberian
409:Yangtze
384:Okhotsk
344:Arabian
339:Amurian
307:Pacific
270:African
1218:Faults
700:Baltic
622:Rovuma
617:Rivera
602:Panama
492:Gonâve
482:Futuna
472:Easter
399:Somali
394:Scotia
369:Indian
295:Indian
176:
131:, the
1632:This
1408:Timor
1081:Small
1053:Large
745:Lhasa
667:Tonga
662:Tisza
657:Timor
607:Pelso
562:Maoke
557:Manus
497:Gorda
462:Coiba
404:Sunda
374:Nazca
364:Cocos
349:Burma
57:Speed
43:Minor
1638:stub
1274:and
1089:West
961:List
740:Kula
174:ISBN
88:The
39:Type
1030:of
755:Moa
194:doi
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200:.
71:,
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