Author: Sarah Catherine Gray
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Category : Coral reefs and islands
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Late Quaternary History of Reef Growth, Sea Level, and Diagenesis from Three Cook Islands Atolls
Author: Sarah Catherine Gray
Publisher:
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Category : Coral reefs and islands
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Coral reefs and islands
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
A Global Atlas of Atolls
Author: Walter M. Goldberg
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1000902870
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 784
Book Description
Scattered like dots rising from the deep across vast expanses of the world’s tropical and subtropical oceans, atolls with their turquoise lagoons and reefs teeming with colorful marine life have captured the public imagination. They have also been the homeland of millions of people for millennia as various groups of migrants spread across the far reaches if the Pacific, Indian and Western Atlantic regions. Developed from recently available satellite data, A Global Atlas of Atolls presents high-quality details of 476 atolls across the globe, characterizing aspects of the atoll rim, the lagoon, and their coral reef communities in unprecedented detail. In synthesizing and enhancing understanding of these unique seascapes, this volume provides a distinct compendium of descriptions and images, as well as documentation of the environmental conditions of winds, waves, and tides and a summary of the background literature for each atoll area. There is no comparable work. After an introduction that includes a glossary of terms, each atoll is documented in the form of an atlas written for scientists, but accessible to any diver or reader interested in these spectacular reef-island habitats. This book also describes some current challenges and perspectives on their future. It will be useful as a reference work for marine scientists, while providing a minimum of technical jargon for those who are not scientists, but who enjoy reading about exotic places with unusual attributes.
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1000902870
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 784
Book Description
Scattered like dots rising from the deep across vast expanses of the world’s tropical and subtropical oceans, atolls with their turquoise lagoons and reefs teeming with colorful marine life have captured the public imagination. They have also been the homeland of millions of people for millennia as various groups of migrants spread across the far reaches if the Pacific, Indian and Western Atlantic regions. Developed from recently available satellite data, A Global Atlas of Atolls presents high-quality details of 476 atolls across the globe, characterizing aspects of the atoll rim, the lagoon, and their coral reef communities in unprecedented detail. In synthesizing and enhancing understanding of these unique seascapes, this volume provides a distinct compendium of descriptions and images, as well as documentation of the environmental conditions of winds, waves, and tides and a summary of the background literature for each atoll area. There is no comparable work. After an introduction that includes a glossary of terms, each atoll is documented in the form of an atlas written for scientists, but accessible to any diver or reader interested in these spectacular reef-island habitats. This book also describes some current challenges and perspectives on their future. It will be useful as a reference work for marine scientists, while providing a minimum of technical jargon for those who are not scientists, but who enjoy reading about exotic places with unusual attributes.
Holocene Geomorphology and Reef History of Islands in the South and Central Pacific
Author: Bruce Mark Richmond
Publisher:
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Category : Coral reefs and islands
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coral reefs and islands
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
Publications of the Geological Survey
Author: Geological Survey (U.S.).
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 962
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 962
Book Description
Bibliography and Index of Geology
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 1404
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 1404
Book Description
Coastal Stability and Sand Transport Aitutaki, Southern Cook Islands
Author: Donald Lawrence Forbes
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Category : Aitutaki Atoll (Cook Islands)
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aitutaki Atoll (Cook Islands)
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
New Publications of the U.S. Geological Survey
Author: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Publisher:
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Petroleum Abstracts
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Category : Petroleum
Languages : en
Pages : 976
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Category : Petroleum
Languages : en
Pages : 976
Book Description
American Doctoral Dissertations
Author:
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Category : Dissertation abstracts
Languages : en
Pages : 724
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dissertation abstracts
Languages : en
Pages : 724
Book Description
New Publications of the U.S. Geological Survey
Author:
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 68
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 68
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