Pleistocene coral reefs associated with claystones, southwestern Taiwan

Coral Reefs

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 215-222

  Gong, S Y ^a   Wang, S W ^a   Lee, T Y ^b  

^a NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Coral reefs; Foreland wasin; Pleistocene; Siliciclastics; Taiwan; Tectonic control

Indexed keywords

CLAYSTONE; CORAL REEF; LIMESTONE; PLEISTOCENE; REEF FORMATION; TECTONIC SETTING;

TAIWAN;

EID: 0031717939     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003380050121     Document Type: Article

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