Geology and Geomorphology of Coral Reefs in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

Coral Reefs of the World

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 519-571

  Rooney, John J ^a   Wessel, Pal ^b   Hoeke, Ronald ^a   Weiss, Jonathan ^a   Baker, Jason ^a   Parrish, Frank ^a   Fletcher, Charles H ^b   Chojnacki, Joseph ^a   Garcia, Michael ^b   Brainard, Russell ^a   Vroom, Peter ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Coral Reef; Hawaiian Archipelago; Hawaiian Island; Pacific Decadal Oscillation; Reef Crest

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649292397     PISSN: 2213719X     EISSN: 22137203     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6847-8_13     Document Type: Chapter

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