Continuous record of reef growth over the past 14 k.y. on the mid-Pacific island of Tahiti

Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 555-558

  Montaggioni, Lucien F ^a   Cabioch, Guy ^b   Camoinau, Gilbert F ^c   Bard, Edouard ^c   Ribaud Laurenti, Anne ^a   Faure, Gérard ^d   Déjardin, Pascale ^e   Récy, Jacques ^b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b Inst Francais Rech Sci Pour le D   (France)

^c CEREGE   (France)

^d UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA LEVEL;

ACROPORA; GENERAL TRENDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PALEOTOPOGRAPHY; PORITES; REEF GROWTHS; SEA LEVEL RISE; VERTICAL ACCRETION;

REEFS;

ACCRETION; BOREHOLE; CORAL REEF; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TERTIARY; CORAL REEFS; PALAEOECOLOGY; REEF GROWTH; SEA LEVEL RISE;

PACIFIC ISLANDS; SOCIETY ISLANDS; TAHITI; WINDWARD ISLANDS [SOCIETY ISLANDS]; FRENCH POLYNESIA;

ACROPORA; HYDROLITHON; LITHOPHYLLUM; NEOGONIOLITHON; PORITES;

EID: 0030868969     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<0555:CRORGO>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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