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The structural development of the central North Fiji Basin triple junction is revealed in SeaMARC II sidescan imagery. All three limbs have unique morphotectonic characteristics and the adjacent sea-floor fabric is oblique to the limb axes. The triple junction is interpreted to be a recent phenomenon and to have formed by a discrete jump to its present site.
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Jarvis, P.A., Kroenke, L. Structural development of central North Fiji Basin triple junction. Geo-Marine Letters 13, 133–138 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01593185
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