Lau Basin
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The Lau Basin is a back-arc basin in the southwest Pacific characterized by active seafloor spreading, hydrothermal vent fields, and complex tectonic interactions between the Pacific and Indo-Australian Plates.
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southwest Pacific Ocean
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Tonga–Kermadec Arc
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New Zealand volcanic zones
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