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Zhen Yao, Jie Chen, Changbo Jiang, Hai Liang, Zhiyuan Wu, Bin Deng, Yuannan Long and Chen Bian
This study utilized 50 laboratory experiments to document the evolution of coral beaches under varying regular wave conditions, including five distinct wave periods and ten wave heights. Both the type of equilibrium beach and the shape of sand bars were ...
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Anna Lisa Cescon, James Andrew Graham Cooper and Derek W. T. Jackson
Beach ridges originate from various depositional processes and occur in a variety of settings. This paper assesses their nature and distribution on the islands of the Greater Caribbean based on a literature review and the identification of sites using Go...
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Zhen Yang, Guozhang Fan, Wei Yan, Xuefeng Wang, Guoqing Zhang, Zhili Yang, Zuofei Zhu, Yuanze Zhang, Huai Cheng, Hongxun Tian, Li Li and Qiang Zhang
During the Miocene, several reefs formed in the Beikang Basin, South China Sea, which may be potential targets for hydrocarbon exploration. This is due to the environment that developed as a result of the collision, splitting, and splicing of the Nansha ...
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Matthew W. Becker, Francine M. Cason and Benjamin Hagedorn
Groundwater discharge from high tropical islands can have a significant influence on the biochemistry of reef ecosystems. Recent studies have suggested that a portion of groundwater may underflow the reefs to be discharged, either through the reef flat o...
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Jian Cheng, Liang Cheng, Sensen Chu, Jizhe Li, Qixin Hu, Li Ye, Zhiyong Wang and Hui Chen
Satellite-derived bathymetry (SDB) techniques are increasingly valuable for deriving high-quality bathymetric maps of coral reefs. Investigating the performance of the related SDB algorithms in purely spaceborne active?passive fusion bathymetry contribut...
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Xu Wang, Ke Qu, Jia Men, Liangbin Zhang, Junjie Li and Rongze Gao
Dredging materials from reef flats have become an important source of sand and aggregates for meeting the infrastructure needs of coral-lined shores in subtropical and tropical regions, especially for low-lying atoll islands. Dredging at the reef flats c...
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Moleni Tu?uholoaki, Antonio Espejo, Moritz Wandres, Awnesh Singh, Herve Damlamian and Zulfikar Begg
The South Pacific region is characterised by steep shelves and fringing coral reef islands. The lack of wide continental shelves that can dissipate waves makes Pacific Island countries vulnerable to large waves that can enhance extreme total water levels...
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Kangyu Wang, Zhenhuan Chen, Zhe Wang, Qianshen Chen and Dihui Ma
Calcareous sand is a special marine soil rich in calcium carbonate minerals, characterized by brittle particles. It is, therefore, widely used as a filling material in the construction of islands and reefs. In this study, a series of cyclic tri-axial tes...
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Huiming Huang, Zhenwen Liu, Chun Chen, Xiang Lin, Siqi Li, Xiantao Huang, Mee Mee Soe and Mohammad Saydul Islam Sarkar
As a unique landform in the island and reef area, the newborn sandbank is not only the initial stage of island development, but also has a rapid evolution and a complex dynamic mechanism. However, the dynamic geomorphology mechanism of the newborn sandba...
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Jordan R. Cissell, Steven W. J. Canty, Michael K. Steinberg and Loraé T. Simpson
In this paper, we present the highest-resolution-available (10 m) national map of the mangrove ecosystems of Belize. These important ecosystems are increasingly threatened by human activities and climate change, support both marine and terrestrial biodiv...
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