Marine Planation of Tropical Limestone Islands

15 July 1960

journal article
other
Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science

Vol. 132 (3420) , 144-145
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.132.3420.144

Abstract

Geological studies in the western Atlantic indicate that sea level is now near its highest position since the Pleistocene, and that intertidal erosion at this level has been negligible. The evidence conflicts with the idea that many coral reefs were recently planed down from a higher stand of the sea.

Keywords

PLANATION
ISLANDS
GEOLOGICAL
LIMESTONE
PLANED
NEGLIGIBLE
CORAL
REEFS
ATLANTIC
HIGHEST

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