Cosismic uplifts and interseismic subsidence recorded in corals at Malekula (Vanuatu, southwest Pacific);Surrections cosismiques et subsidence intersismique enregistrees par des coraux a Mallicolo (Vanuatu, Pacifique sud-ouest)

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie de Sciences - Serie IIa: Sciences de la Terre et des Planetes

Volumn 328, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 711-716

  Calmant, Stéphane ^a   Cabiocha, Guy ^a,b   Regnier, Marc ^a   Pillet, Robert ^a,b   Pelletier, Bernard ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

Author keywords

Corals and flat reef; Coseismic and interseismic motion; Vanuatu; Vertical motions

Indexed keywords

CORAL RECORD; COSEISMIC PROCESS; SUBSIDENCE; UPLIFT;

MALEKULA ISLAND; VANUATU;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 0033134149     PISSN: 12518050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1251-8050(99)80181-5     Document Type: Article

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