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Sea level rise<br />

cm<br />

60<br />

40<br />

20<br />

Rubble is extremely abundant and shows geographical<br />

patterns. The western edge of the Chagos Bank has<br />

smaller rubble, suggesting a more advanced state of erosion.<br />

Smaller rubble (more advanced erosion) also occurs<br />

in larger atolls. Of probable importance, but so far unmeasured<br />

here or elsewhere, is the fact that further erosion<br />

of rubble will create large quantities of sand. The<br />

importance of this here is the question whether this<br />

increased sand will assist maintenance of islands via<br />

2000 2020 2040 2060 2080 2100<br />

year<br />

Egmont atoll<br />

Sea level rise<br />

1<br />

Ile Sipaille<br />

60<br />

40<br />

seaward 100 200 300 400 lagoon<br />

cm<br />

20<br />

Ile Lubine<br />

2000 2020 2040 2060 2080 2100<br />

year<br />

1<br />

Figure 3. Sea level rise prediction (taken from IPCC, 2001).<br />

seaward 100 200 300 400<br />

lagoon<br />

2<br />

Ile Sudest<br />

1<br />

lagoon 100 200 seaward<br />

Figure 4. A remnant of Acropora palifera on a seaward<br />

reef slope. The standing skeleton shows the<br />

depth to which substrate has been removed.<br />

Figure 5. Profiles of islands of Egmont atoll drawn for<br />

survey transects carried out in 1972/3. Numbers<br />

are all metres. Redrawn from unpublished charts<br />

loaned from M. Hirons.<br />

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