platform reef
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platform reef — noun : a flat tabula reef more extensive than a patch reef platform reefs are common off the coast of Australia … Useful english dictionary
Middleton Reef — 29°27′28″S 159°7′7″E / 29.45778°S 159.11861°E / 29.45778; 159.11861Coordinates … Wikipedia
Elizabeth Reef — coord|29|57|25|S|159|4|32|E|display=inline,title is a coral reef in the Tasman Sea. The reef is separated by a deep oceanic pass, some 45 km wide, from nearby Middleton Reef, both of which are part of the underwater plateau known as the Lord Howe … Wikipedia
Great Barrier Reef — Satellitenbild Gewässer Pazifischer Ozean Geographische La … Deutsch Wikipedia
Winslow Reef, Cook Islands — Winslow Reef is a submerged coral reef of the southern Cook Islands, located 133 km northwest of Rarotonga, at coord|20|38|S|160|56|W|. It is a shallow platform reef.It is not to be confused with Winslow Reef in the Phoenix Islands… … Wikipedia
Carbonate platform — A carbonate platform is a sedimentary body which possesses topographic relief, and is composed of autochthonous calcareous deposits (Wilson, 1975). Platform growth is mediated by sessile organisms whose skeletons build up the reef or by organisms … Wikipedia
coral reef — a reef composed mainly of coral and other organic matter of which parts have solidified into limestone. [1735 45] * * * Ridge or hummock formed in shallow ocean areas from the external skeletons of corals. The skeleton consists of calcium… … Universalium
St. George Reef Light — Infobox Lighthouse caption = St. George Reef Light. The manmade granite caisson is five stories high by itself and waves regularly crash that high. The boom was used to lift supply launches on to the landing platform below. location = Six miles… … Wikipedia
Wave-cut platform — Wave cut platform. In this case, alternating hard and soft layers have been folded up vertically and eroded by the tides, resulting in a regular ripple pattern at the surface. A wave cut platform, or shore platform is the narrow flat area often… … Wikipedia
Great Barrier Reef — The Great Barrier Reef * UNESCO World Heritage Site … Wikipedia
