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RECORD NUMBER: 215 OF 296Main Title | Reef-platform coral boulders : evidence for high-energy marine inundation events on tropical coastlines / | |||||||||||
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Author | Terry, James P., | |||||||||||
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Publisher | Springer, | |||||||||||
Year Published | 2013 | |||||||||||
OCLC Number | 825741577 | |||||||||||
ISBN | 9789814451321; 9814451320 | |||||||||||
Subjects | Coastal sediments--Tropics ; Boulders ; Tsunami damage--Tropics ; Coral reef ecology ; Coast changes--Tropics ; Geomorphology--Tropics ; Hazard mitigation | |||||||||||
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Collation | xii, 105 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm. | |||||||||||
Notes | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents Notes | Coastal boulders : introduction and scope -- Historical review and changing terminology -- The scientific value of reef-platform boulders for interpreting coastal hazards -- Uncertainties and continuing challenges with interpreting coastal boulders -- Case study : coral boulder fields on Taveuni Island coasts, Fiji -- Outlook for boulder studies within tropical geomorphology and coastal hazard research. |