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2005 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Indian Ocean Islands, Coastal Ecology and Geomorphology

Authors : M. Wafar, Sayeeda Wafar, Prasanna Yennavar

Published in: Encyclopedia of Coastal Science

Publisher: Springer Netherlands

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Geographically, the Indian Ocean islands (Figure I21) range from oceanic to continental, geologically from volcanic, limestone, granite, metamorphic to mixed, and physiographically from low to high. Most of these types of islands, though, are not sharply separated. …

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McClanahan, T.R., Sheppard, C.R.C., and Obura, D.O., 2000. Coral Reefs of the Indian Ocean: Their Ecology and Conservation. NewYork: Oxford University Press.
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Qasim, S.Z., 2000. Indian Ocean in the 21st Century: Linkages and Networking. New Delhi: Sai Publishers.
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Sengupta, R., and Desa Ehrlich, 2001. The Indian Ocean. A Perspective, Volume 1 and 2. New Delhi and Calcutta: Oxford & IBH Publishing Company.
Metadata
Title
Indian Ocean Islands, Coastal Ecology and Geomorphology
Authors
M. Wafar
Sayeeda Wafar
Prasanna Yennavar
Copyright Year
2005
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Book
Encyclopedia of Coastal Science

Print ISBN: 978-1-4020-1903-6

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-4020-3880-8

Copyright Year: 2005

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3880-1_180