TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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INTRODUCTION 1 



DATA COLLECTION AND REDUCTION 8 



Navigation 8 



Bathymetry 8 



Seismic Epicenters 8 



Seismic Reflection 8 



Gravi ty 9 



Heat Flow 10 



Magnetics 10 



GEOPHYSICAL OBSERVATIONS 12 



Seismic Reflection Profiles 12 



Heat Flow 23 



Earthquake Epicenters 24 



Magnetic Anomalies 26 



TECTONIC SYNTHESIS 39 



Caroline Basin 39 



Eauripik Rise 49 



Basin Margins 54 



Regional Evolution 71 



REFERENCES CITED 77 



