Table 3 Uplift rates of carbonate islands on lithospheric forebulges in the Indian and Pacific Oceans

Pacific Ocean

Loyalty Islands

New Hebrides (Vanuatu) Trench

70

last ca. 2.0

Geodynamics model

Dubois et al. (1974)

160–190

last ca. 0.105

Coral uranium series date and sample elevation

Bernat et al. (1976)

130

last ca. 0.180

Coral uranium series date and sample elevation

Dubois et al. (1977)

130–190

last ca. 0.180

Coral uranium series date and sample elevation

Marshall and Launay (1978),

Andréfouët et al. (2007)

24–51

last ca. 0.205

Coral uranium series date and sample elevation

Gaven and Bourrouilh-Le Jan (1981), Bourrouilh-Le Jan (1985)

 ≥ 36

last 2.6

Magnetochronology of carbonates

Guymond et al. (1996)

Niue Island

Tonga Trench

100

last ca. 0.7

Geodynamics model

Dubois et al. (1975)

130–160

last 0.125–1.4

Terrace height and elevation contrasts on plate

Dickinson (2001, 2004)

Kitadaito Jima

Ryukyu Trench

30

last ca. 0.125

Coral uranium series date and sample elevation

Ota and Omura (1991, 1992)

10–35

last ca. 0.125 to last ca. 4–7

Geodynamics model, elevation contrasts on plate, and coral dates versus sample elevation

Ohde and Elderfield (1992)

50

last 1.9

Sr isotope age and sample elevation

This study

Minamidaito Jima

Ryukyu Trench

50

last ca. 0.125

Coral uranium series date and sample elevation

Ota and Omura (1991, 1992)

19–23

last 0.7–0.9

Sr isotope ages of corals and sample elevation

Ohde and Elderfield (1992)

38–50

last 0.98–1.16

Sr isotope ages of corals and sample elevation

This study (see discussion)

Indian Ocean

Christmas Island

Java Trench

120

last ca. 0.125

Coral uranium series date and sample elevation

Veeh (1985)