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Coral reef islands can accrete vertically in response to sea level rise

Increased flooding due to sea level rise (SLR) is expected to render reef islands, defined as sandy or gravel islands on top of coral reef platforms, uninhabitable within decades. Such projections generally assume that reef islands are geologically inert landforms unable to adjust morphologically. W...

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Autores principales: Masselink, Gerd, Beetham, Eddie, Kench, Paul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7286686/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32577502
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aay3656