The Geomorphology of the Great Barrier Reef: Development, Diversity and ChangeCambridge University Press, 17. 5. 2007. This 2007 book reviews the history of geomorphological studies of the Great Barrier Reef and assesses the influences of sea-level change and oceanographic processes on the development of reefs over the last 10,000 years. It presents analyses of recently attained data from the Great Barrier Reef and reconstructions of the sequence of events which have led to its more recent geomorphology. The authors emphasise the importance of the geomorphological time span and its applications for present management applications. This is a valuable reference for academic researchers in geomorphology and oceanography, and will also appeal to graduate students in related fields. |
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... coral reefs, may go back beyond the period of instrumental monitoring. Widening the analogy, observations of tropical cyclones can provide sufficient data to provide risk assessment but the record may be far less than 100 years long ...
... coral reefs, may go back beyond the period of instrumental monitoring. Widening the analogy, observations of tropical cyclones can provide sufficient data to provide risk assessment but the record may be far less than 100 years long ...
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... coral reefs and the GBR in particular, but there is a lineage that can be traced back to the early voyages of exploration. 1.4 The history of geomorphological study of the Great Barrier Reef to 1982 1.4.1 The nineteenth century The GBR ...
... coral reefs and the GBR in particular, but there is a lineage that can be traced back to the early voyages of exploration. 1.4 The history of geomorphological study of the Great Barrier Reef to 1982 1.4.1 The nineteenth century The GBR ...
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... (back to camera), leader of the 1973 Expedition and Richard Orme (second from left) a member of the Expedition and other participants of the 1973 Second International Coral Reef Symposium, during a field trip on the shingle ramparts of ...
... (back to camera), leader of the 1973 Expedition and Richard Orme (second from left) a member of the Expedition and other participants of the 1973 Second International Coral Reef Symposium, during a field trip on the shingle ramparts of ...
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... back to the start of the Cainozoic about 65Ma ago. Australia at this time was moving northwards at a rate of about 7cm a year having separated from Antarctica and the other Gondwana continents 30Ma earlier (Johnson, 2004). Eastern ...
... back to the start of the Cainozoic about 65Ma ago. Australia at this time was moving northwards at a rate of about 7cm a year having separated from Antarctica and the other Gondwana continents 30Ma earlier (Johnson, 2004). Eastern ...
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... Coral Sea opened up, uplift of eastern Queensland produced a drainage divide close to the east coast. Coastal streams cut back rapidly and the major rivers in particular were able to exploit the north-north-west–south-south-east ...
... Coral Sea opened up, uplift of eastern Queensland produced a drainage divide close to the east coast. Coastal streams cut back rapidly and the major rivers in particular were able to exploit the north-north-west–south-south-east ...
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accretion accumulation appear associated Barrier Reef beach cays central GBR channels Chapter coast complex continental coral coral reefs cores currents cyclone dates Davies deposits depth described detail discussed dominated drilling edge effects energy established evidence example extend Figure Flood foundations fringing reefs front further geomorphological Halimeda higher holes Holocene Hopley identified important increase indicated inner lagoon less limited mainland major mangrove margin maximum morphology northern noted occur outer patches period planar platform Pleistocene possible present processes produced range rates reached recent record reef flat reef growth reef islands region relatively ribbon rise River sand sea level sediment shallow shelf shingle significant similar slope Stoddart structure studies submerged suggested surface Swain Reefs Table tidal tide vegetated wave wide windward zone