Reef-island accretion and soil development on Makin, Kiribati, central Pacific

Catena

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 245-261

  Woodroffe, C D ^a   Morrison, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atoll; Kiribati; Pacific islands; Reef islands; Sedimentation; Soil development

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; HOLOCENE; PEDOGENESIS; RADIOCARBON DATING; REEF FORMATION;

KIRIBATI; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0035816511     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0341-8162(01)00135-7     Document Type: Article

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