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SUBMITTER: Masselink G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7286686 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Masselink Gerd G Beetham Eddie E Kench Paul P
Science advances 20200610 24
Increased flooding due to sea level rise (SLR) is expected to render reef islands, defined as sandy or gravel islands on top of coral reef platforms, uninhabitable within decades. Such projections generally assume that reef islands are geologically inert landforms unable to adjust morphologically. We present numerical modeling results that show reef islands composed of gravel material are morphodynamically resilient landforms that evolve under SLR by accreting to maintain positive freeboard whil ...[more]