Harney, Jodi N; Hallock, Pamela; Fletcher, Charles H III; Richmond, Bruce M
(University of Hawai'i Press, 1999-01)
Most of O'ahu's nearshore and beach sands are highly calcareous
and of biogenic origin. The pale-colored constituent grains are the eroded
remains of carbonate shells and skeletons produced by marine organisms living
atop ...