Book chapter
Pacific atolls: A world apart
Geomorphological Landscapes of the World, pp.349-356
Springer Netherlands
2010
Abstract
Atolls are low islands made from biogenic detritus that are scattered across the low-latitude Pacific Ocean. Atolls mark places where reef-fringed volcanic islands were once emerging but then sank slowly allowing the reef to continue growing at the ocean surface, finally forming an atoll. Owing to their low elevation and mostly soft-sediment composition, atolls are among the most vulnerable island environments on Earth. Some may disappear during this century as a result of sea-level rise. © 2010 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
Details
- Title
- Pacific atolls: A world apart
- Authors
- Patrick Nunn (Author) - University of the South Pacific, Fiji
- Contributors
- P Migon (Editor)
- Publication details
- Geomorphological Landscapes of the World, pp.349-356
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Date published
- 2010
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-90-481-3055-9_36
- ISBN
- 9789048130542
- Organisation Unit
- Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre; Australian Centre for Pacific Islands Research; School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Law and Society; Sustainability Research Cluster
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99449039802621
- Output Type
- Book chapter
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