Pacific atolls: A world apart

Geomorphological Landscapes of the World

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 349-356

  Nunn, Patrick D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

Author keywords

Atoll; coral reef; island; ocean; Pacific

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895273387     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-3055-9_36     Document Type: Chapter

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