Holocene sea-level rise and coral reef growth on a tectonically rising coast, Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea

Quaternary International

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 51-59

  Ota, Yoko ^a   Chappell, John ^b  

^a SENSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; HOLOCENE; REEF FORMATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TECTONIC SETTING;

HURON PENINSULA; PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 0033004209     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1040-6182(98)00024-X     Document Type: Article

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