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

Author: L F Montaggioni; C J R Braithwaite
Publisher: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2009.
Series: Developments in marine geology, 5.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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Scleractinian reefs first appeared about 300 million years ago. This title presents knowledge from coral reefs gained since the eighties. It introduces geologists, oceanographers and environmentalists  Read more...

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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: L F Montaggioni; C J R Braithwaite
ISBN: 9780444532473 0444532471
OCLC Number: 318878242
Description: xvii, 532 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Contents: Introduction: Quaternary reefs in time and space --
Palaeobiogeography: evaluation of the inheritance from the Tertiary --
Structure, zonation and dynamic patterns of coral reef communities --
Controls on the development, distribution and preservation of reefs --
Patterns of carbonate production and deposition on reefs --
Reef anatomy and stratigraphy --
Reef hydrogeology --
Reef diagenesis --
Corals and coral reefs as records of climate change --
Conclusions: coral reefs from the past to the future.
Series Title: Developments in marine geology, 5.
Responsibility: by L.F. Montaggioni and C.J.R. Braithwaite.

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