Reef-Platform Coral Boulders Evidence for High-Energy Marine Inundation Events on Tropical Coastlines /

The primary goal here is to present a treatise on the significance and value of coarse clastic carbonate sediments (i.e. large coral boulders) on tropical coastlines for understanding both modern and pre-historical (Holocene) high-magnitude marine inundation events.� There has been a rapid groundswe...

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Main Authors: Terry, James P. (Author), Lau, A Y Annie. (Author), Etienne, Samuel. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Series:SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences,
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Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-4451-33-8
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