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Hawaii 



CRUSTAL PLATE MOVEMENT 

 EAST PACIFIC REGION 



Figure 28. Nasca Plate and adjoining areas. 



cruise to the eastern Pacific Ocean off Central and South America. Ha- 

 waii's Kana Keoki will be outfitted in Fiji at a later date and will join 

 the Yaquina in January 1972 for the joint Nasca Plate study. Beginning 

 in 1973 the Oceanographer from POL will join in the field studies. 



All three organizations are in the process of acquiring all bathymetric, 

 magnetic, and gravity data that are available for the Nasca Plate. Some of 

 these data have already been reduced and will be utilized in the planning 

 of the detailed field work to follow in 1972. 



