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Contributions of the 1838–1842 U.S. Exploring Expedition.- The Foundations of Atolls: First Explorations.- Seamount Age Estimates from Paleomagnetism and their Implications for the History of Volcanism on the Pacific Plate.- Isotasy and Tectonic Origins of Pacific Seamounts.- Morphology and Geology of the Magellan Trough Area in the Central Pacific.- Southwest Pacific Seamounts Revealed by Satellite Altimetry.- Insular Geology of the Line Islands.- Coastal Geology of Upolu, Western Samoa.- Geology of the Samoan Islands.- Sedimentation and Hiatuses in the Central Pacific Basin: Their Relationship to Manganese Nodule Formation.- Managanese Nodule Deposits in the Central Pacific Basin: Distribution, Geochemistry, Mineralogy, and Forming Process.- Chemistry and Mineralogy of Ferromanganese Deposits from the Equatorial Pacific Ocean.- Geochemistry and Mineralogy of Ferromanganese Nodules from the Kiribati Region of the Eastern Central Pacific Basin.- Central Pacific Basin Cobalt-Rich Ferromanganese Crusts: Historical Perspective and Regional Variability.- Phosphatic Rocks and Manganese Crusts from Seamounts in the EEZ of Kiribati and Tuvalu, Central Pacific Ocean.