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Article: May-June 2009 GSA Bulletin media highlights.
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- May 17, 2009
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GSA Bulletin covers various aspects of volcanism, including North Sister volcano, central Oregon Cascades; Kilauea in Hawai'i; areas around the Yellowstone hotspot; the hot-spot-derived Easter Island; and fossil evidence of hot magma backarcs in Iran. Papers also discuss the San Andreas fault; Rheic Ocean closure and Pangea formation; floodplain geomorphology along the Little Missouri River, South Dakota; a continuation of the debate over the formation of Earth's crust; and global geologic maps as tectonic speedometers.
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