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Official Journal of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS)

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From: Potential for timing high-energy marine inundation events in the recent geological past through age-dating of reef boulders in Fiji

Figure 3

Location of large pre-existing RPCBs sampled for dating that predate the 2010 TC Tomas event. The inset photos show BM1 and LV2. In LV2, fossil corals in the boulder fabric reveal that it has been overturned and now rests in an inverted position, although several colonies of Acropora coral (now dead) grew at some time post-deposition on the current upper surface of the boulder and remain in their growth orientation. Bioerosion and marine abrasion act on the boulder at unknown rates, so as to decrease its total mass and size over time. (Photos by J. Terry, June 2012).

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