A global assessment of atoll island planform changes over the past decades

VKE Duvat - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Over the past decades, atoll islands exhibited no widespread sign of physical destabilization
in the face of sea‐level rise. A reanalysis of available data, which cover 30 Pacific and …

Reef island evolution and dynamics: insights from the Indian and Pacific Oceans and perspectives for the Spermonde Archipelago

PS Kench, T Mann - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Along southwestern Sulawesi, Indonesia, the Spermonde Archipelago comprises some 120
islands of variable size and degree of anthropogenic modification. Comparable to adjacent …

Drivers of shoreline change in atoll reef islands of the Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia

VKE Duvat, B Salvat, C Salmon - Global and Planetary Change, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper increases by around 30% the sample of atoll reef islands studied from a
shoreline change perspective, and covers an under-studied geographical area, ie the …

An integrative approach to understand vulnerability and resilience post-disaster: The 2015 cyclone Pam in urban Vanuatu as case study

T Rey, L Le De, F Leone, D Gilbert - Disaster Prevention and …, 2017 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop a multidimensional approach for effectively
managing natural disasters; this paper has three research objectives. First, it provides an …

Sedimentation adjacent to atolls and volcano-cored carbonate platforms in the Mozambique Channel (SW Indian Ocean)

JW Counts, SJ Jorry, E Leroux, E Miramontes, G Jouet - Marine Geology, 2018 - Elsevier
Recently acquired data from the Iles Eparses (southwestern Indian Ocean) reveal new
information about the geomorphology, depositional processes, and sedimentary deposits on …

Multi-decadal planform changes on coral reef islands from atolls and mid-ocean reef platforms of the equatorial Pacific Ocean: Gilbert Islands, Republic of Kiribati

M Sengupta, MR Ford, PS Kench - Geomorphology, 2021 - Elsevier
Constructed of poorly lithified carbonate sediments with elevations of< 3–5 m above MSL,
coral reef islands are considered extremely vulnerable to the effects of anthropogenic …

[HTML][HTML] Extent change of protected mangrove forest and its relation to wave power exposure on Aldabra Atoll

A Constance, PJ Haverkamp, N Bunbury… - Global Ecology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Mangrove forests, vital for the conservation of biodiversity, protection of coastlines, and
carbon capture, are decreasing globally at a rate higher than most other tropical forests …

Evolutionary dynamics of island shoreline in the context of climate change: insights from extensive empirical evidence

Y Zhang, H Li, D Li, X Hou, P Guo… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The evolution and future trajectory of island shorelines, amidst global climate change, are of
increasing concern to governments, communities and researchers worldwide. However, the …

Impacts of category 5 tropical cyclone Fantala (April 2016) on Farquhar Atoll, Seychelles Islands, Indian Ocean

VKE Duvat, N Volto, C Salmon - Geomorphology, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper provides new insights on the impacts of a category 5 tropical cyclone on Indian
Ocean atoll reef islands. Using multi-date aerial imagery and field observations, the …

Honduran Reef Island shoreline change and planform evolution over the last 15 years: implications for reef island monitoring and futures

E Husband, HK East, EP Hocking, J Guest - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
Assessing the vulnerability of low-lying coral reef islands is a global concern due to
predictions that climate and environmental change will increase reef island instability and …