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Title Alternative | Morphology and Anatomy of Holocene Raised Coral Reef Terraces in Kodakara Island, Tokara Islands, northwestern Pacific, Japan
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Hamanaka, Nozomu
Nakashima, Yosuke
Hori, Nobuyuki
Okamoto, Takehiro
Ohashi, Tomoya
Adachi, Hiroshi
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Abstract | Well-developed Holocene raised coral reef terraces are formed in Kodakara Island (29°13'N 129°19'E), Tokara
Islands, northwestern Pacific, Japan. Detailed morphology and sedimentary structure of the raised reef terraces are
observed by field survey through the terraces surface and core drillings. The Holocene raised reef in Kodakara
Island are divided into three terraces (TI to III). The surface geo-biological facies and paleo-morphology such as
spur and groove system or reef mounds are well preserved on these terraces. The raised coral reefs in Kodakara
Island consist of reef flats and reef slopes. No lagoon formed in these terraces. On the raised reef surface, we
observed five distinct reefal facies (S-f1-5). The platy and encrusting Acropora facies is the major constituent of
the terrace surfaces. We obtained seven drilling cores (B1 to 7) from Terraces I and II along a transect in the
southern part of the island. The thickness of the Holocene reef is more than 14m which is approximately
equivalent to the Holocene reefs in the middle and southern Ryukyu Islands. Sedimentary structure consists of
seven facies (C-f1-7: five reefal and two non-reefal facies). The drilling cores indicating the shallowing sequence at the upward of the cores which characterized by platy-encrusting Acropora facies overlying massive Porites,
favid and/or encrusting-foliaceous coral facies. It may indicate the environmental change such as wave-energy
gradients and turbidity during the reef development.
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Keywords | Holocene
coral reef terrace
drilling
sedimentary structure
Tokara Islands
northwestern Pacific
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Publication Title |
Okayama University Earth Science Report
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Published Date | 2009-03-31
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Volume | volume15
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Issue | issue1
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Publisher | 岡山大学理学部地球科学教室
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Publisher Alternative | Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Science, Okayama University
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Start Page | 33
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End Page | 65
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ISSN | 1340-7414
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NCID | AN10506284
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Departmental Bulletin Paper
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岡山大学
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language |
Japanese
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Copyright Holders | 岡山大学地球科学研究報告編集委員会
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File Version | publisher
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False
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Eprints Journal Name | esr
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