Yap Islands Natural Coastal Systems and Vulnerability to Potential Accelerated Sea-level Rise

Richmond, B.; Mieremet, B.; Reiss, T. (2016). "Yap Islands Natural Coastal Systems and Vulnerability to Potential Accelerated Sea-level Rise". Journal of Coastal Research. 24: 153–172. doi:10.2307/25736093.

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Abstract: Yap State in the Federated States of Micronesia consists of 16 islands distributed over a distance of nearly 1,000 km across the western Pacific Ocean. Four island types are present in Yap State: The main Yap Island group consists of four large and several smaller, high volcanic islands surrounded by a fringing reef. Ten of the islands are atolls which consist of an annular reef rim enclosing a central lagoon. Low-lying islets, composed mainly of reefal debris, are scattered on the upper surface of the atoll reef rim. There are four reef islands^ which are low-lying coral islands developed on a small reef platform and devoid of a significant lagoon. The remaining island (Fais) is a high limestone island partially surrounded by a narrow fringing reef with the remainder of the island consisting of a cliffed coast.

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