Origin of atoll lagoons

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 837-854

  Purdy, E G ^a   Winterer, E L ^a  

^a Petroquest International Inc   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atolls; Reefs; Solution morphology

Indexed keywords

GROWTH PREDICTION;

CORRELATION METHODS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; MORPHOLOGY; RAIN; SEA LEVEL;

GEOLOGY;

ATOLL; LAGOON; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; REEF FORMATION; SOLUTION;

EID: 84879879966     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(2001)113<0837:OOAL>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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