Coral conglomerate platforms as foundations for low-lying, reef islands in the French Polynesia (central south Pacific): New insights into the timing and mode of formation
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DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2021.106500
Abstract: Abstract In French Polynesia, low-lying, reef islands, composed of unconsolidated skeletal material rest on cemented conglomerate platforms. These are regarded as mainly generated by storm activity during the mid-late Holocene. Field observations and coral sampling… read more here.
Keywords: low lying; conglomerate; french polynesia; conglomerate platforms ... See more keywords