[Coral-List] Uplifted coral reefs
Gene Shinn
eshinn at usgs.gov
Fri May 6 20:55:03 UTC 2005
There has been much discussion on the coral-list about tsunami
effects on coral reefs in Indonesia but how many know of the
extensive reef areas around Sumatra that were uplifted (100 percent
mortality)
as much as 2.5 meters by the more recent earthquake? To see a
portion of the uplifted reefs, recently surveyed by USGS geologists,
see the satellite images at,
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=16892
Gene
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No Rocks, No Water, No Ecosystem (EAS)
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