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Main Title The geomorphology of the Great Barrier Reef : development, diversity, and change /
Author Hopley, David.
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Smithers, Scott G.
Parnell, Kevin E.
Publisher Cambridge University Press,
Year Published 2007
OCLC Number 78989082
ISBN 9780521853026; 0521853028; 9781107405882; 1107405882; 9780511535543; 0511535546
Subjects Geomorphology--Australia--Great Barrier Reef (Qld) ; Queensland--Great Barrier Reef ; GĂ©omorphologie--Australie
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http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0729/2007279540-b.html
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Contributor biographical information http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0729/2007279540-b.html
Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0729/2007279540-d.html
http://ebooks.cambridge.org/ebook.jsf?bid=CBO9780511535543
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EKCM  GB441.H64 2007 CEMM/GEMMD Library/Gulf Breeze,FL 09/14/2009
Collation xiii, 532 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
Notes
First paperback edition published in 2011. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Notes
1. Geomorphology of the Great Barrier Reef -- 2. Foundations of the Great Barrier Reef -- 3. Sea-level : a primary control of long-term reef growth and geomorphological development -- 4. Oceanography, hydrodynamics, climate and water quality as influences on reef geomorphological processes -- 5. Spatial analysis of the morphology of the reefs and islands of the Great Barrier Reef -- 6. The non-reefal areas of the Continental Shelf -- 7. Fringing and nearshore coral reefs -- 8. The mid-shelf reefs of the Great Barrier Reef -- 9. The coral reefs of the outer shelf of the Great Barrier Reef -- 10. Islands of the Great Barrier Reef -- 11. The accumulation of the Holocene veneer to the Great Barrier Reef -- 12. The Holocene evolution of the Great Barrier Reef province -- 13. Geomorphology's contribution to the understanding and resolution of environmental problems of the Great Barrier Reef. "Over the last 25 years considerable information on the geomorphological evolution of the world's largest coral reef system, the Great Barrier Reef, has become available. This book reviews the history of geomorphological studies of the Great Barrier Reef and assesses the influences of sea-level change and oceanographic processes on the development of reefs over the last 10 000 years. It presents analyses of recently attained data from the Great Barrier Reef and reconstructions of the sequence of events that have led to its current geomorphology. The authors emphasize the importance of the geomorphological time span and its relevance for present management applications. This is a valuable reference for academic researchers in geomorphology and oceanography, and will also appeal to graduate students in related fields."--BOOK JACKET.