Coral frameworks revisited-reefs and coral carpets in the northern Red Sea

Coral Reefs

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 241-253

  Riegl, B ^a   Piller, W E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Carbonate production; Coral carpet; Coral community; Fossilisation potential; Red Sea; Reef framework; Sedimentation

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL; FOSSILIZATION; REEF; REEF FORMATION;

RED SEA;

ACROPORA; PORITES; STYLOPHORA;

EID: 0032834517     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003380050188     Document Type: Article

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