Drowned reefs and antecedent karst topography, Au'au channel, S.E. Hawaiian Islands

Coral Reefs

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 73-82

  Grigg, R W ^a   Grossman, E E ^b   Earle, S A ^c   Gittings, S R ^d   Lott, D ^d   McDonough, J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY   (United States)

^d NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Drowned reefs; Hawaii; Holocene Transgression; Karst topography; Reef growth; Sea level

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; KARST; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; REEF; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TRANSGRESSION;

HAWAII; LANAI; MAUI; MOLOKAI; UNITED STATES;

HAWAIIA;

EID: 0036926781     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-001-0203-8     Document Type: Article

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