A Geological Guide to the Northern Great Barrier Reef
Author | : Peter G. Flood |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 108 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Peter G. Flood |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 108 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Patricia Mather |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 294 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : |
Author | : O.A. Jones |
Publisher | : Elsevier |
Total Pages | : 358 |
Release | : 2012-12-02 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0323154387 |
Biology and Geology of Coral Reefs, Volume IV: Geology 2 covers the major advances made in the geological aspects of coral reef problems. This book is composed of 10 chapters that summarize the types, economics, radiometric dating, and geological features of coral reefs. The introductory chapters present the types and distribution of coral reefs, such as fringing, barrier, and Atoll reefs. A chapter discusses the findings of the 1973 Royal Society and Queensland Universities Expedition to the northern part of the Great Barrier Reefs on the specialized Low Wooded Islands. Another chapter deals with the interrelation of ecology and sedimentation in coral reef complexes and the Coral Sea Plateau. The next part of the book discusses the techniques and results of radiometric dating of coral reefs and the coral reefs of the Solomon Islands. The remaining chapters deal with the Great Barrier Reef Province and discuss the geology of the basement upon which the reefs rest is included. The reefs are described from geological, geophysical, and hydrological viewpoints, providing a complete bibliography on the reefs. This volume will acquaint readers with some of the exciting developments in coral reef geology and will provide information that will enable them to assess the status of research in different fields.
Author | : Patricia Mather |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 144 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Coral reef biology |
ISBN | : 9780909377038 |
Author | : John S. Jell |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 64 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : Great Barrier Reef (Qld.) |
ISBN | : |
Author | : David Ross Stoddart |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 420 |
Release | : 1978 |
Genre | : Great Barrier Reef |
ISBN | : |
Papers on the geomorphology, geological history and structure of the reef; paper by J.M. Beaton separately annotated.
Author | : Peter Jeremy Davies |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : Geomorphology |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Karen Earl |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 123 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Geology |
ISBN | : 9780642467515 |
Author | : J.E.N. Veron |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 2010-03-30 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0674257383 |
Like many coral specialists fifteen years ago, J. E. N. Veron thought Australia's Great Barrier Reef was impervious to climate change. "Owned by a prosperous country and accorded the protection it deserves, it would surely not go the way of the Amazon rain forest or the parklands of Africa, but would endure forever. That is what I thought once, but I think it no longer." This book is Veron's Silent Spring for the world's coral reefs. Veron presents the geological history of the reef, the biology of coral reef ecosystems, and a primer on what we know about climate change. He concludes that the Great Barrier Reef and, indeed, most coral reefs will be dead from mass bleaching and irreversible acidification within the coming century unless greenhouse gas emissions are curbed. If we don't have the political will to confront the plight of the world's reefs, he argues, current processes already in motion will become unstoppable, bringing on a mass extinction the world has not seen for 65 million years. Our species has cracked its own genetic code and sent representatives of its kind to the moon--we can certainly save the world's reefs if we want to. But to achieve this goal, we must devote scientific expertise and political muscle to the development of green technologies that will dramatically reduce greenhouse emissions and reverse acidification of the oceans.
Author | : R. A. Henderson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 480 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : Geology |
ISBN | : |