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Age Structure of the Fantome Island Fringing Reef
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.date.accessioned | 2012-05-24T07:58:14Z | en |
dc.date.available | 2012-05-24T07:58:14Z | en |
dc.date.copyright | 1985 | en |
dc.date.issued | 1985 | en-US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11017/115 | en |
dc.description.abstract | Radiocarbon age dating of three high recovery cores from the leeward fringing reef of Fantome Island (Palm Isles, Central Great Barrier Reef), indicate the reef began forming about 6,000 years BP,. The reef has formed by progradation of a hard bottom, reef top unit over soft reef slope deposits. Progradation has averaged lm/lO years over the past 5,000 years. Management of such fringing reefs will need to focus on preserving the soft reef slope deposits (to prevent erosion and undercutting) as well as maintaining a favourable environment for coral growth. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Technical memorandum TM-6 | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Technical memorandum series | - |
dc.subject | Coral reef and islands | en |
dc.title | Age Structure of the Fantome Island Fringing Reef | en |
dc.type | Report | en |
dc.subject.asfa | Progradation | en |
dc.subject.asfa | Management | en |
dc.subject.asfa | Radiocarbon dating | en |
dc.subject.asfa | Fringing reefs | en |
dc.format.pages | 26 | en |
dc.contributor.corpauthor | Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority | en |
dc.subject.apais | Scientific research | en |
dc.subject.apais | Reefs | en |
dc.publisher.place | Townsville | en |
dc.relation.connectiontogbrmpa | GBRMPA published this item | en |
dc.subject.category | Processes | en |
dc.subject.category | Research | en |
dc.subject.theme | Managing Multiple Use | en |
dc.subject.theme | Reef Ecosystems and Species | en |
dc.subject.location | Reef-wide | en |
dc.keywords | Fantome Island reef | en |
dc.keywords | Age structure | en |
dc.keywords | Radiocarbon dating | en |
dc.keywords | Fringing reefs | en |
dc.keywords | Management | en |
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