Postglacial flooding history of Mayotte Lagoon (Comoro Archipelago, southwest Indian Ocean)

Marine Geology

Volumn 194, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 181-196

  Zinke, J ^a   Reijmer, J J G ^a   Thomassin, B A ^b   Dullo, W Chr ^a   Grootes, P M ^c   Erlenkeuser, H ^c  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fringing reef cores; Holocene; Sea level curve; Sediment cores; Southwest Indian Ocean; Younger Dryas

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; FLOODS; MARINE APPLICATIONS; MARINE BIOLOGY; REEFS; SEDIMENTS; STABILIZATION; VOLCANOES;

HYDRO-ISOSTATIC COMPENSATION; SEA-LEVEL CURVES;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

FLOODING; FRINGING REEF; HOLOCENE; POSTGLACIAL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT CORE; YOUNGER DRYAS;

(SOUTHWEST); COMOROS; INDIAN OCEAN; MAYOTTE LAGOON;

EID: 0037445423     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(02)00705-3     Document Type: Article

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