Coral islands defy sea-level rise over the past century: Records from a central Pacific atoll

Geology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 515-518

  Kench, P S ^a   Thompson, D ^a   Ford, M R ^a   Ogawa, H ^a   McLean, R F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADAPTATION STRATEGIES; CORAL ISLANDS; PHYSICAL RESPONSE; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEDIMENT SUPPLY; SHORELINE POSITION; TIME SLICE; TROPICAL PACIFIC OCEAN;

SEA LEVEL;

ATOLL; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ISLAND; PHYSICAL ANALYSIS; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

FUNAFUTI; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); TUVALU;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84929620244     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G36555.1     Document Type: Article

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