Microscale biopitting by the endolithic lichen Verrucaria baldensis and its proposed role in mesoscale solution basin development on limestone

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 374-384

  McIlroy de la Rosa, John P ^a   Warke, Patricia A ^a   Smith, Bernard J ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biopitting; Biotroughs; Karst; Lichen; Limestone; Verrucaria (Bagliettoa) baldensis; Weathering

Indexed keywords

BIOPITTING; BIOTROUGHS; KARST; LICHEN; VERRUCARIA (BAGLIETTOA) BALDENSIS;

COALESCENCE; LIMESTONE;

WEATHERING;

BASIN EVOLUTION; BIOPHYSICS; COALESCENCE; COLONIZATION; COMPLEXITY; ENDOLITHON; KARST; LICHEN; LIMESTONE; MORPHOLOGY; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TOPOGRAPHY; WEATHERING;

BURREN; COUNTY CLARE; IRELAND; MUNSTER [IRELAND];

VERRUCARIA BALDENSIS;

EID: 84858621800     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.2244     Document Type: Article

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