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The volcanic arc known as the ‘Sunda Archipelago arc’, including Sumatra, Java and the islands of Nusa Tenggara along the western border of the Sunda shelf, was formed between 15 and 3 M years BP. Tectonic activity is still intense there, since it is an interaction zone between three large plates: Indo-Australian, Eurasian and Pacific (Katili 1974; Hamilton 1979). The presence of significant tectonic and volcanic phenomena in this region led us to consider possible links between geology, geomorphology and the phytogeography of the island.
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Laumonier, Y. (1997). Physical environment and physiographic classification of the vegetation. In: The Vegetation and Physiography of Sumatra. Geobotany, vol 22. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0031-8_3
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