Processes and patterns of erosion and downwearing on micro-tidal rock coasts in Sweden and the western Mediterranean

Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie, Supplementband

Volumn 144, Issue , 2006, Pages 137-160

  Swantesson, Jan O H ^a   Gómez Pujol, Lluís ^b   Cruslock, Eva M ^c   Fornós, Joan J ^b   Balaguer, Pau ^b  

^a KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bio erosion; Erosion; Faecal pellets; Laser scanning; Micro erosion meter (MEM); Micro tidal; Rock coasts; Sweden; Western Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

BIOEROSION; COASTAL EROSION; EROSION RATE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; ROCK MECHANICS; SALINITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST); NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

GASTROPODA; PATELLIDAE;

EID: 33845694939     PISSN: 00442798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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