Coral islands defy sea-level rise over the past century: Records from a central Pacific atoll

作者: P.S. Kench , D. Thompson , M.R. Ford , H. Ogawa , R.F. McLean

DOI: 10.1130/G36555.1

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摘要: … Low-lying coral reef islands are coherent accumulations of sand and gravel deposited on coral reef surfaces that provide the only habitable land in atoll nations such as Kiribati, Tuvalu, …

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