Potential for timing high-energy marine inundation events in the recent geological past through age-dating of reef boulders in Fiji

Geoscience Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Terry, James P ^a   Etienne, Samuel ^b,c  

^a ZAYED UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b PRODIG   (France)

^c Centre de Biologie et d Ecologie Tropicale et Méditerranéenne   (French Polynesia)

Author keywords

Coastal geomorphology; Coral dating; Marine inundation; Reef boulders; Tropical cyclones; Tsunamis

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; BOULDER; CARBONATE ROCK; COASTAL ZONE; PREHISTORIC; REEF; STORM; TROPICAL REGION; TSUNAMI; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

FIJI; TAVEUNI;

EID: 85018220846     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21964092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40562-014-0014-8     Document Type: Article

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