http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
history, development processes and controlling factors
xvii, 532 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Introduction : Quaternary reefs in time and space -- Paleobiogeography : 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.
by L.F. Montaggioni and C.J.R. Braithwaite.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-521) and index.