Coralgal composition of drowned carbonate platforms in the Huon Gulf, Papua New Guinea; Implications for lowstand reef development and drowning

Marine Geology

Volumn 204, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 59-89

  Webster, Jody M ^a   Wallace, Laura ^a   Silver, Eli ^a   Potts, Donald ^a   Braga, Juan Carlos ^b   Renema, Willem ^c   Riker Coleman, Kristin ^d   Gallup, Christina ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d Department of Geological Sciences ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Carbonate platform drowning; Coralgal composition; Lowstand; Papua New Guinea; Pleistocene reef development; Sea level changes

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EROSION; LIMESTONE;

CORAL REEF;

SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

CARBONATE PLATFORM; CORALLINE ALGA; EUSTACY; FORELAND BASIN; LOWSTAND; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLEISTOCENE; REEF FORMATION;

CORAL SEA; HUON GULF; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOLOMON SEA;

EID: 1242299652     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(03)00356-6     Document Type: Article

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