High-latitude bioerosion the Kosterfjord experiment : with 48 figures, 3 in colour /

Bioerosion is the major force driving the degradation of marine skeletal carbonates and limestone coasts. A wide spectrum of mechanical and/or chemical boring, scraping or crushing organisms break down calcereous substrates, comprising various grazers, macroborers and especially microborers. Their t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wisshak, Max
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; New York : Springer, ©2006.
Berlin ; New York : [2006]
Series:Lecture notes in earth sciences ; 109.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xi, 202 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Subjects:
Coastal ecology -- Cold regions.
Erosion -- Cold regions.
Diagenesis -- Cold regions.
Marine borers -- Cold regions.
Carbonate rocks -- Cold regions.
Online Access:SpringerLink - Click here for access
Contents:
  • Material and methods
  • The Kosterfjord study site
  • Bioerosion patterns
  • Carbonate accretion patterns
  • Quantitative bioerosion and carbonate accretion
  • Ecological and palaeoenvironmental implications
  • Summary and conclusions
  • Outlook.

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