Picture essay of Pacific Island Coasts

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1012-1034

  Dickinson, William R ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Beachrock; Fringing reefs; Makatea; Motus; Neogene volcanoes

Indexed keywords

BEACHROCK; COASTAL ZONE;

EID: 9444278521     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/03502a.1     Document Type: Review

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