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 reef research for the next 100 years with alternative hypotheses involving antecedent platforms cut by waves, rising depositional banks and sea level change postulated (for discussion see Hopley, 1982; Woodroffe, 2002a). Only deep ...
... coral reef research for the next 100 years with alternative hypotheses involving antecedent platforms cut by waves, rising depositional banks and sea level change postulated (for discussion see Hopley, 1982; Woodroffe, 2002a). Only deep ...
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... platform may be seen as extreme, and some of his interpretations such as storm-deposited reef blocks being the last remnants of a much higher reef are now completely untenable. However, his descriptions of many islands and the shapes of ...
... platform may be seen as extreme, and some of his interpretations such as storm-deposited reef blocks being the last remnants of a much higher reef are now completely untenable. However, his descriptions of many islands and the shapes of ...
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... platforms which have existed in the region for more than 25Ma. When the Coral Sea had finished opening up about 50Ma ago, it had produced the Coral Sea Basin >4600m deep and underlain by oceanic crust, and a series of marginal plateaux ...
... platforms which have existed in the region for more than 25Ma. When the Coral Sea had finished opening up about 50Ma ago, it had produced the Coral Sea Basin >4600m deep and underlain by oceanic crust, and a series of marginal plateaux ...
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... reef systems which occupied the plateaux (Isern et al., 1993). The northernmost part of Australia first moved into the tropics about 24Ma ago and bryozoan-rich sediments of temperate zones were replaced by tropical reef ... platform (Isern et ...
... reef systems which occupied the plateaux (Isern et al., 1993). The northernmost part of Australia first moved into the tropics about 24Ma ago and bryozoan-rich sediments of temperate zones were replaced by tropical reef ... platform (Isern et ...
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