A morphodynamic model of reef-island development on atolls

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 197, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 47-63

  Barry, S J ^a   Cowell, P J ^b   Woodroffe, C D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atoll; Logistic function; Morphodynamic model; Parameter estimation; Reef island

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ATOLL; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ESTIMATION METHOD; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; MORPHODYNAMICS; REEF; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SIMULATION;

EID: 33947496556     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2006.08.006     Document Type: Article

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