Bathymetry of the French Polynesia together with the age of the lithosphere and with the seismic stations. The study area covers two oceanic transforms and lithospheres 30 to 90 My old.

Black squares: RAR, PTCN and PPT are permanent seismological stations (IRIS and Geoscope).

White squares: LDG/CEA stations with already existing long-period data.

Red circles : Three component broad-band stations from the french INSU - RLBM (Reseau Large Bande Mobile) we deployed during the period 2001-2005.

Yellow stars: expected locations of the polynesian hotspots