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A

Azores oceanic island archipelago in the Central North Atlantic

B

Bouvet Island oceanic island volcano in the South Atlantic

C

Canary Islands oceanic island archipelago in the Atlantic

Coso Volcanic Field Pliocene to Recent, bimodal field in California

Costa Rica - Nicaragua NSF-MARGINS SEIZE and Subduction Factory focus site

D

E

Easter Island Oceanic Island volcano in the southeast Pacific

F

G

Gorda Ridge mid-ocean ridge (spreading center) in Northwest Pacific

Gulf of California - Salton Trough NSF-MARGINS Rupturing Continental Lithosphere focus site

H

Hawaiian Islands oceanic island chain in central Pacific

I

Iceland oceanic island in North Atlantic

Izu-Bonin-Mariana NSF-MARGINS Subduction Factory focus site

J

Juan de Fuca Ridge mid-ocean ridge (spreading center in Northwest Pacific)

K

L

Loihi A volcanic seamount in the Hawaiian archipelago. This is the youngest of the active Hawaiian volcanoes (last documented eruption was in 1996). The summit is at about 1000 km bsl

Los Molinos Formation Late Messinian Mediterannean continental margin sedimentary rocks comprised of sapropel-marl couplets, volcanic interbeds, and evaporites

M

Mauritius oceanic island volcano in the southwest Indian Ocean (also a country)

Mineral Mountains, Utah Miocene to recent volcanic and plutonic field

Monterey Formation Mainly sedimentary rocks of Miocene age distributed along the coast of California. Exposed subaerially and in offshore cores.

Mount Rainier Volcanic rocks from the Mount Rainier area

N

O

Oahu Samples from Oahu

P

Puerto Rico Caribbean Island; Greater Antilles

Q

R

Red Sea NSF-MARGINS Rupturing Continental Lithosphere ancillary focus site

Reunion oceanic island volcano in the southwest Indian Ocean

S

Samoa oceanic islands in the western Pacific

Society Islands oceanic island chain in the south Pacific

T

Tristan da Cunha oceanic island volcano in the South Atlantic

U

V

W

White Mountains, CA Cenozoic fault block, part of the Sierra Nevada Batholith

X

Y

Z

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