- A
microatoll is a
circular colony of coral, dead on the top but
living around the perimeter.
Growth is
mainly lateral, as
upward growth is
limited by exposure...
- of
coral microatolls. From its
proximity to the
epicenter of the 2004 earthquake, it is
regarded as a
foreshock of that event.
Microatolls around Simeulue...
- this
event has been
estimated using records of
uplift taken from
coral microatolls. The
island of
Sumatra lies on the
convergent plate boundary between...
- the
various growth morphologies,
microatolls offer a low-resolution
record of sea
level change.
Fossilized microatolls can also be
dated using radiocarbon...
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earthquakes along the
Arakan subduction belt
recorded by
uplifted coral microatolls on
northern Ramree Island,
western Myanmar (Burma)".
Earth and Planetary...
-
Michael S.; Mustaque, Sharif; Akhter, S****
Humayun (October 2018). "
Microatolls do****ent the 1762 and
prior earthquakes along the
southeast coast of...
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reefs Atoll Cay
Coral Deep-water
coral mesophotic coral reef
Fringing Microatoll Coral reef fish
Census of
Coral Reefs The
Structure and
Distribution of...
-
visible surf; may be a
hazard to
ships (from the
Arabic for "unborn")
Microatoll –
community of
species of corals;
vertical growth limited by
average tidal...
- with the
giant 1833
Sumatran subduction earthquake:
Evidence from
coral microatolls,
Journal of
Geophysical Research, Vol. 104, No. B1,
Pages 895–919" (PDF)...
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bilaterally symmetrical. Porites,
particularly Porites lutea,
often form
microatolls.
Corals of the
genus Porites also
often serve as
hosts for Christmas...
