Retrograde Accretion of a Caribbean Fringing Reef Controlled by Hurricanes and Sea-level Rise

Retrograde Accretion of a Caribbean Fringing Reef Controlled by Hurricanes and Sea-level Rise

Predicting the impact of sea-level (SL) rise on coral reefs requires reliable models of reef accretion. Most assume that accretion results from vertical growth of coralgal framework, but recent studies show that reefs exposed to hurricanes consist of layers of coral gravel rather than in-place coral...

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Main Authors: Paul Blanchon, Simon Richards, Juan Pablo Bernal, Sergio Cerdeira-Estrada, M. Socrates Ibarra, Liliana Corona-Martínez, Raúl Martell-Dubois
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Earth Science
Subjects:
coral reefs
climate change
reef growth models
reef framework
mid Holocene
hurricane waves
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/feart.2017.00078/full

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