The strength of biogenic sand reefs: Visco-elastic behaviour of cement secreted by the tube building polychaete Sabellaria alveolata, Linnaeus, 1767

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 333-339

  Le Cam, Jean Benoît ^a   Fournier, Jérôme ^a,b   Etienne, Samuel ^a,c   Couden, Jérôme ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LA POLYNÉSIE FRANÇAISE   (French Polynesia)

Author keywords

Biogenic reef; Biogeomorphology; Mechanical behaviour; Sabellaria alveolata; Visco elasticity

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; BIOMINERALIZATION; CALCIFICATION; CEMENT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; GEOMORPHOLOGY; POLYCHAETE; REEF; SHELL; STRESS; VISCOELASTICITY;

ALVEOLATA; POLYCHAETA; SABELLARIA ALVEOLATA; SIPUNCULUS NUDUS;

EID: 78650709473     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2010.10.036     Document Type: Article

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