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Authors	H.A. Viles, T. Spencer
Title	Terrestrial and coastal landscape evolution on tropical oceanic islands
Journal	Scripta Geologica
Volume	142
Year	2011
Pages	7-8
ISSN	0375-7587
Keywords	island; evolution; landscape evolution; tropics; volcanic islands; carbonate islands
Abstract	Tropical oceanic islands owe their origin to volcanic eruptions, their location to plate tectonics, and their morphology to the interplay over time between a range of constructional and erosional processes. A broad distinction can be made between high volcanic islands, with summits up to 4,000 m, and low carbonate islands only a few metres above sea level.
Classification	38.37 ; 38.09
Document type	article
Download paper	http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/454687