Fossil reefs reveal temporally distinct late holocene lagoonal reef shutdown episodes at Kiritimati island, Central Pacific

• Main Authors: Ryan, E. J., Morgan, Kyle Meredith, Kench, P. S., Owen, S. D., Carvajal, C. P., Turner, T.
• Other Authors: Asian School of the Environment
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Engineering::Environmental engineering; Fossil Coral Reef; Holocene
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/153683
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

An extremely rare example of well-preserved emergent Holocene fossil reefs exists at Kiritimati Island, central Pacific. Fossil reefs are rich geological archives of paleoenvironmental change. The first paleoecological surveys of two fossil reefs are presented, revealing high coral cover (40–50%) an...