Revisiting the Quaternary development history of the western New Caledonian shelf system: From ramp to barrier reef

Marine Geology

Volumn 280, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 57-75

  Montaggioni, Lucien F ^a   Cabioch, Guy ^b   Thouveny, Nicolas ^a   Frank, Norbert ^c   Sato, Tokiyuki ^d   Sémah, Anne Marie ^b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^c DIF   (France)

^d AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Barrier reef; Carbonate shelf; Coral reef growth; New Caledonia; Paleoenvironments; Pleistocene; Ramp; Western Pacific

Indexed keywords

BARRIER REEF; CORAL REEF GROWTH; NEW CALEDONIA; PALEOENVIRONMENTS; PLEISTOCENE; RAMP; WESTERN PACIFIC;

CARBONATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ISOTOPES; LITHOLOGY; SEA LEVEL; STRATIGRAPHY; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS; URANIUM;

REEFS;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CALEDONIAN OROGENY; CARBONATE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CORAL REEF; DATA SET; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FACIES; INTERGLACIAL; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LITHOLOGY; NANOFOSSIL; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SHALLOW WATER; STABLE ISOTOPE; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; JAPAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND; RYUKYU ISLANDS;

ANTHOZOA; ARAUCARIACEAE; PODOCARPACEAE; PORITIDAE; TENIA;

EID: 79951676509     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2010.12.001     Document Type: Article

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