A detrital sediment budget of a Maldivian reef platform

Geomorphology

Volumn 222, Issue , 2014, Pages 122-131

  Morgan, K M ^a   Kench, P S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Carbonate; Coral reef; Export; Indian Ocean; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

ATOLL; CARBONATE PLATFORM; CORAL REEF; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT TRAP;

INDIAN OCEAN; MALDIVES;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84904818549     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.02.013     Document Type: Article

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