Origin, development and prospects of sand islands off the north coast of Viti Levu Island, Fiji, Southwest Pacific

• Published in: Journal of coastal conservation Vol. 23; no. 6; pp. 1005 - 1018
• Main Authors: Nunn, Patrick D., McKeown, Michelle, McCallum, Adrian, Davies, Peter, John, Eleanor, Chandra, Reemal, Thomas, Frank R., Raj, Sharon N.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer 01.12.2019; Springer Netherlands; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Climate change; Coastal ecosystems; Coastal Sciences; Cyclones; Earth and Environmental Science; Ecosystems; Environmental changes; Fieldwork; Geography; Hurricanes; Islands; Livelihoods; Mangroves; Nature Conservation; Oceanography; Platforms; Radiocarbon dating; Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry; Sand; Sea grasses; Sea level; Sea level rise; Seagrasses; Sediments; Shorelines; Stratigraphy; Sustainability; Tides; Tropical climate; Tropical cyclones; Fiji; Coral reef; Radiocarbon dating; Sand island; Fiji; Sea-level change; Coastal zone

This study sought to understand why/when sand islands formed off the north coast of Viti Levu Island (Fiji), how they subsequently developed, and what is likely to happen to them in future. During fieldwork in 2010 and 2016, six groups of sand islands were mapped and their sub-surface stratigraphy a...