Recurrent patterns of coral community and sediment facies development through successive phases of Holocene inner-shelf reef growth and decline

Marine Geology

Volumn 289, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 60-71

  Perry, C T ^a   Smithers, S G ^b   Roche, R C ^c,d   Wassenburg, J ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^e RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coral reefs; Great Barrier Reef; Inner shelf; Reef demise; Reef initiation

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; COLONISATION; CORAL COMMUNITY; CORAL REEF; CORAL REEF COMMUNITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GREAT BARRIER REEF; GROWTH PHASIS; HOLOCENES; INNER-SHELF; LATE STAGE; RE-ESTABLISHING; RECURRENT PATTERNS; SEDIMENT FACIES; TEMPORAL CONTINUITY; TIME-SCALES;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; SEA LEVEL;

REEFS;

ACCRETION; CORAL REEF; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FACIES; FRINGING REEF; GLACIOMARINE DEPOSIT; HIATUS; HOLOCENE; REGROWTH; TIMESCALE; TRANSGRESSION;

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

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 80054726399     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2011.09.012     Document Type: Article

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