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

Quaternary coral reef systems history, development processes and controlling factors

Introduction: Quaternary reefs in time and spacePalaeobiogeography: 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 dep...

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1. Verfasser: Montaggioni, L. F. (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Braithwaite, C. J. R. (BerichterstatterIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Amsterdam, Heidelberg u.a. Elsevier 2009
Ausgabe:1. ed.
Schriftenreihe:Developments in marine geology 5
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Coral reefs and islands > Coral reef ecology > Geology, Stratigraphic > Paleoecology > Geobiology > Paleobiogeography > Marine sediments > Climatic changes > Korallenriff > Quartär
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Zusammenfassung:Introduction: Quaternary reefs in time and spacePalaeobiogeography: 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.
Beschreibung:Enth. Literaturangaben S. 437 - 521 und Index
Beschreibung:XVII, 532 S.
Ill., graph. Darst.
ISBN:9780444532473
978-0-444-53247-3