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Quaternary coral reef systems : history, development processes and controlling factors

Title
Quaternary coral reef systems : history, development processes and controlling factors / by L.F. Montaggioni and C.J.R. Braithwaite.
Author
Montaggioni, L. F.
Publication
Burlington, MA : Elsevier, 2009.

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Additional Authors
Braithwaite, C. J. R. (Colin J. R.)
Description
xvii, 532 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Developments in marine geology ; v. 5
Uniform Title
Developments in marine geology ; 5.
Subject
  • Coral reefs and islands
  • Coral reef ecology
  • Geology, Stratigraphic > Quaternary
  • Paleoecology > Quaternary
  • Geobiology
  • Paleobiogeography
  • Marine sediments
  • Climatic changes
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 437-521) and index.
Contents
1. Introduction: Quaternary Reefs in Time and Space -- 2. Palaeobiogeography: Evaluation of the Inheritance from the Tertiary -- 3. Structure, Zonation and Dynamic Patterns of Coral Reef Communities -- 4. Controls on the Development, Distribution and Preservation of Reefs -- 5. Patterns of Carbonate Production and Deposition on Reefs -- 6. Reef Anatomy and Stratigraphy -- 7. Reef Hydrogeology -- 8. Reef Diagenesis -- 9. Corals and Coral Reefs as Records of Climatic Change -- 10. Conclusions: Coral Reefs from the Past to the Future.
ISBN
  • 9780444532473
  • 0444532471
LCCN
40017264366
OCLC
  • ocn318878242
  • 318878242
  • SCSB-5495996
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries