Submarine Canyon Erosion: Contribution of Marine Rock Burrowers
- 17 September 1971
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 173 (4002) , 1127-1129
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.173.4002.1127
Abstract
Rocks of the rim and upper walls of Scripps Submarine Canyon are intensely burrowed by marine invertebrates. Important excavators are bivalves, polychaetes, and sipunculoids whose activities culminate in a network of passageways and eventual disintegration of the rocks. In many localities erosion by animals is more important than erosion by physical and chemical processes.Keywords
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