The chronology and structure of the western New Caledonian barrier reef tracts

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 268, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 91-105

  Cabioch, Guy ^a   Montaggioni, Lucien ^b   Thouveny, Nicolas ^c   Frank, Norbert ^d   Sato, Tokiyuki ^e   Chazottes, Véronique ^b   Dalamasso, Hélène ^b   Payri, Claude ^a   Pichon, Michel ^f   Sémah, Anne Marie ^g  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c CEREGE   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^e AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^g INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Barrier reef; Chronology; Coral Sea; New Caledonia; Quaternary reef development and climate

Indexed keywords

BARRIER REEF; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBONATE PLATFORM; CHRONOLOGY; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CORAL RECORD; LITHOLOGY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; QUATERNARY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SUBSIDENCE; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; MELANESIA; NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA]; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 53149117408     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.07.014     Document Type: Article

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