Anatomy of a modern coral reef flat: a recorder of storms and uplift in the late holocene

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 295-304

  Yamano, Hiroya ^a   Kayanne, Hajime ^a   Yonekura, Nobuyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; PAVEMENTS; SEA LEVEL; STORMS;

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; MODERN CORAL REEF; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL; RELATIVE SEA-LEVEL CHANGES; SEDIMENTARY PROCESS; TECTONIC UPLIFT; TEMPORAL CHANGE;

REEFS;

CORAL REEF; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; HOLOCENE; SEDIMENTATION; STORM; UPLIFT; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

JAPAN;

EID: 0035202686     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/082900710295     Document Type: Article

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