Significance of emerged Holocene corals around Ovalau and Moturiki islands, Fiji, southwest Pacific

Marine Geology

Volumn 163, Issue 1-4, 2000, Pages 345-351

  Nunn, Patrick D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

Author keywords

Coral; Holocene; Islands; Microatoll; Pacific; Sea level

Indexed keywords

CORAL RECORD; EUSTACY; HOLOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; VOLCANIC ISLAND;

FIJI;

EID: 0034652467     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(99)00114-0     Document Type: Article

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