Late Quaternary uplift and subsidence of the west coast of Tanna, south Vanuatu, southwest Pacific: U-Th ages of raised coral reefs in the Median Sedimentary Basin

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-48

  Neef, G ^a   Zhao, J X ^b   Collerson, K D ^b   Zhang, F S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Median Sedimentary Basin; Quaternary; Raised coral reefs; Tanna; Uranium series dating; Vanuatu

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SUBSIDENCE; TRANSGRESSION-REGRESSION CYCLE; UPLIFT; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

VANUATU;

EID: 0037299839     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-0952.2003.00972.x     Document Type: Article

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