Horizontal Plate Motion: A Key Allocyclic Factor in the Evolution of the Great Barrier Reef

The Great Barrier Reef complex of northeastern Australia thins dramatically and becomes younger from north to south. These variations are a consequence of the Cenozoic northward movement of the Indian-Australian plate. The temperate climatic conditions that applied off northeast Australia during the...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 1987-12, Vol.238 (4834), p.1697-1700
Hauptverfasser:	Davies, P. J., Symonds, P. A., Feary, D. A., Pigram, C. J.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Climate models Coral reefs Earth Geological facies Geology Keys Marine Oceanography Oceans Paleoclimatology Paleogeophysics Reefs Sediments Temperate regions Tropical climates Tropical regions
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