Shelf habitat distribution as a legacy of Late Quaternary marine transgressions: A case study from a tropical carbonate province

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 31, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 1845-1857

  Nichol, Scott L ^a   Brooke, Brendan P ^a  

^a Marine and Coastal Environment Group   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aeolianite; Continental shelf; Coral reef; Multibeam sonar; Shelf bedforms; Submerged reef

Indexed keywords

CARBAMATE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF; DUNE; HABITAT TYPE; INTERGLACIAL; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHOTOGRAPHY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRESERVATION; QUATERNARY; RESOLUTION; SPONGE; TRANSGRESSION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WATER DEPTH;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 80053987957     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2011.08.009     Document Type: Article

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