Erosion and rabbits on Macquarie Island: some comments

Rapid emergence and subsequent glacial and periglacial action on Macquarie Island have placed it in a state of high erosional activity. The dominant processes are mass erosion through landslips, soil creep slumping and solifluction. Fluvial and aeolian erosion are only important in very restricted a...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Papers and Proceedings of The Royal Society of Tasmania
Main Author: Griffin, BJ
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 1980
Subjects:
Royal Society of Tasmania
RST
Van Diemens Land
natural history
science
ecology
taxonomy
botany
zoology
geology
geography
papers & proceedings
Australia
UTAS Library
Macquarie Island
Online Access:https://eprints.utas.edu.au/14156/
https://eprints.utas.edu.au/14156/4/1980_Griffin_Erosion.pdf
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Summary:Rapid emergence and subsequent glacial and periglacial action on Macquarie Island have placed it in a state of high erosional activity. The dominant processes are mass erosion through landslips, soil creep slumping and solifluction. Fluvial and aeolian erosion are only important in very restricted areas. Rabbit activity has had a minimal effect on the overall rates of erosion although appearing significant in some localised areas.

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