Holocene coral reef growth and sea level in a macrotidal, high turbidity setting: Cockatoo Island, Kimberley Bioregion, northwest Australia

Marine Geology

Volumn 359, Issue , 2015, Pages 50-60

  Solihuddin, Tubagus ^a,c   Collins, Lindsay B ^a,c   Blakeway, David ^b   O' Leary, Michael J ^a,c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Fathom 5 Marine Research   (Australia)

^c Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accretion rate; Acropora; Holocene reef growth; Porites; Reef geomorphology; Sea level change

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; IRON ORES; SEA LEVEL; STORMS; TURBIDITY; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

ACCRETION RATE; ACROPORA; PORITES; REEF GROWTHS; SEALEVEL CHANGE;

REEFS;

ACCRETION; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; CORAL REEF; ECOREGION; GROWTH; HOLOCENE; LAST INTERGLACIAL; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOECOLOGY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TURBIDITY;

AUSTRALIA; COCKATOO ISLAND; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; KIMBERLEY [WESTERN AUSTRALIA]; NEW SOUTH WALES; QUEENSLAND; SYDNEY [NEW SOUTH WALES]; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ACROPORA; ANTHOZOA; PORITES;

EID: 84913557695     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2014.11.011     Document Type: Article

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