Off-reef transport of coral fragments at Lizard Island, Australia

Marine Geology

Volumn 157, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 1-6

  Hughes, T P ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coral reefs; Great Barrier Reef; Sediment transport; Talus slopes

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; REEF FORMATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0033041831     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(98)00187-X     Document Type: Article

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