Submerged fossil reefs discovered beyond the limit of modern reef growth in the Pacific Ocean

Geomorphology

Volumn 246, Issue , 2015, Pages 579-588

  Linklater, M ^a   Brooke, B P ^b   Hamylton, S M ^a   Nichol, S L ^b   Woodroffe, C D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Balls Pyramid; DEMs; Fossil reefs; Submerged reefs; Subtropical reefs

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTER; BATHYMETRY; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; CORAL REEF; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; WATER DEPTH;

BALLS PYRAMID; LORD HOWE ISLAND; NEW SOUTH WALES; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84937604685     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2015.07.011     Document Type: Article

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