Evaluation of morphometric proxies for uplift on sequences of coral reef terraces: A case study from Sumba Island (Indonesia)

Geomorphology

Volumn 241, Issue , 2015, Pages 145-159

  Nexer, Maëlle ^a,b,c   Authemayou, Christine ^d   Schildgen, Taylor ^e   Hantoro, Wahyoe S ^f   Molliex, Stéphane ^d   Delcaillau, Bernard ^a,b,c   Pedoja, Kevin ^a,b,c   Husson, Laurent ^g   Regard, Vincent ^h,i  

^a NORMANDIE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b Laboratoire Morphodynamique Continentale et Cotiere   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d Universite de Bretagne Occidentale   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^f INDONESIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES   (Indonesia)

^g UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^h UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

ⁱ Environmental Research Observatory (ORE) HYBAM Centre IRD d'Ile de France   (France)

Author keywords

Coral reef terraces; Drainage morphometry; Indonesia; Pleistocene; Sumba Island; Uplift

Indexed keywords

COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; CORAL REEF; ISLAND; MORPHODYNAMICS; MORPHOMETRY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TERRACE; UPLIFT;

EAST NUSA TENGGARA; LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS; SUMBA; SUNDA ISLES;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84928686452     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2015.03.036     Document Type: Article

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