Holocene evolution of the Great Barrier Reef: Insights from 3D numerical modelling

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 265-266, Issue , 2012, Pages 56-71

  Barrett, Samuel J ^a,b   Webster, Jody M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Great Barrier Reef; Numerical modelling; Reef evolution; Reef maturity; Sea level change; Stratigraphic forward modelling

Indexed keywords

3D NUMERICAL MODELLING; ACCRETION RATE; BEST ESTIMATES; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FORWARD MODELLING; FULL SPECTRUM; GREAT BARRIER REEF; GROWTH CHARACTERISTIC; GROWTH HISTORY; HOLOCENE SEA LEVEL; HOLOCENES; INFILLING; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; LAGOONAL SEDIMENTS; MAIN PROCESS; MODEL OUTPUTS; MODEL SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODELLING; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; OBSERVED DATA; PLEISTOCENE; QUANTITATIVE COMPARISON; REANALYSIS; REEF SURFACES; SEA-LEVEL CURVES; SEALEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT EROSION; SEDIMENT PRODUCTION; STRATIGRAPHIC MODELLING; SUBSTRATE SURFACE; THIN VENEER; TRANSPORT PARAMETERS;

BUILDINGS; EROSION; FORESTRY; NUMERICAL MODELS; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBSTRATES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

REEFS;

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FORWARD MODELING; HOLOCENE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBSTRATE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ANATOMY; BUILDINGS; DEPOSITION; ECOSYSTEMS; EROSION; FORESTRY; SEDIMENTS; SUBSTRATES;

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

EID: 84861816143     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2012.03.015     Document Type: Article

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