Erosion and rabbits on Macquarie Island: some comments

• 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

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.