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High-Latitude Bioerosion: The Kosterfjord Experiment

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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wisshak, Max (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2006.
Edición:1st ed. 2006.
Colección:Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences, 109
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.