Numerical modeling of the growth and drowning of Hawaiian coral reefs during the last two glacial cycles (0-250 kyr)

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Webster, Jody M ^a,b   Wallace, Laura M ^c   Clague, David A ^b   Braga, Juan Carlos ^d  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coral reef development; Hawaii; Numerical modeling; Platform drowning; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

EID: 44149094263     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GC001415     Document Type: Article

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