Overview of Pacific island carbonate beach systems

Proceedings of 1st International Symposium on Carbonate Sand Beaches - Carbonate Beaches 2000

Volumn 305, Issue , 2000, Pages 218-228

  Richmond, Bruce M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Beach erosion; Pacific Islands

Indexed keywords

BEACH EROSION; BEACH SAND; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; HOLOCENES; INTRAPLATE VOLCANIC ISLANDS; ISLAND CHAINS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; RIVER VALLEY; SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; SYSTEM SIZE; TECTONIC HISTORY;

CARBONATION; EROSION; REEFS; SAND;

BEACHES;

EID: 78649429722     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40640(305)17     Document Type: Conference Paper

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