Interpreting features of carbonate geomorphology on Niue Island, a raised coral atoll

Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie, Supplementband

Volumn 131, Issue , 2003, Pages 43-57

  Terry, J P ^a   Nunn, P D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOLL; CARBONATE; COASTAL LAGOON; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LIMESTONE; LITHOLOGY; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE; SUBMARINE VOLCANO;

NIUE; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYNESIA;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA;

EID: 5144220130     PISSN: 00442798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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