Rapid reef island formation and stability over an emerging reef flat: Bewick cay, northern Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Geology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 347-350

  Kench, P S ^a   Smithers, S G ^b   McLean, R F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; DETAILED MODELS; GREAT BARRIER REEF; ISLAND FORMATION; MORPHOSTRATIGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; PLATFORM PROCESS; REEF CORALS; REEF SURFACES; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL; SEALEVEL CHANGE;

CORE LEVELS; SEA LEVEL;

REEFS;

ATOLL; CORAL REEF; HOLOCENE; MARINE SEDIMENT; REEF FORMATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT CORE; STRATIGRAPHY;

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

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84861367655     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G32816.1     Document Type: Article

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