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

This book presents both state-of-the art knowledge from Recent coral reefs (1.8 million to a few centuries old) gained since the eighties, and introduces geologists, oceanographers and environmentalists to sedimentological and paleoecological studies of an ecosystem encompassing some of the world�...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors:	Montaggioni, L. F., Braithwaite, C. J. R. (Colin J. R.)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Burlington, Mass. : Elsevier Science, ©2009.
Series:	Developments in marine geology ; v. 5.
Subjects:	Coral reefs and islands. Coral reef ecology. Geology, Stratigraphic > Quaternary. Paleoecology > Quaternary. Geobiology. Paleobiogeography. Marine sediments. Climatic changes. Climate Change Récifs et îles de coraux. Écologie des récifs coralliens. Stratigraphie > Quaternaire. Paléoécologie > Quaternaire. Géobiologie (Sciences de la terre) Paléobiogéographie. Sédiments marins. Climat > Changements. atolls. geobiology. climate change. SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geography. SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geology. Climatic changes Coral reef ecology Coral reefs and islands Geobiology Geology, Stratigraphic Marine sediments Paleobiogeography Paleoecology Quaternary Geologic Period From 2 million years ago Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Quaternary Coral 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: Corals Reefs from the Past To the Future.