which continue as a bordering scarp along the south of the Gulf as the Aroru and Afaf Hills; on the south succeeds (3), the inland plateau-region at 2000 to 3500 feet elevation. This plateau is ...

Large igneous province subduction is a rare process on Earth. A modern example is the subduction of the oceanic Hikurangi Plateau beneath the southern Kermadec arc, offshore New Zealand.

It was 26 years ago this week that the last native residents evacuated the island of Scarp with a family leaving on a small boat packed with furniture as their two cows swam behind them.