Evidence for the episodic "turn on" and "turn off" of turbid-zone coral reefs during the late Holocene sea-level highstand

Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 119-122

  Perry, C T ^a   Smithers, S G ^b  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; COASTAL EMBAYMENTS; CORAL REEF; GEOLOGICAL RESEARCH; GREAT BARRIER REEF; HOLOCENES; LATE HOLOCENE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE TRANSGRESSION; MORPHODYNAMICS; NEARSHORES; PROGRADATION; TERRIGENOUS SEDIMENT; TIME-SCALES;

SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

REEFS;

CORAL REEF; EPISODIC EVENT; HIGHSTAND; HOLOCENE; MORPHODYNAMICS; PROGRADATION; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTATION; TRANSGRESSION;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 77950177383     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G30444.1     Document Type: Article

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