Patrons, taxes i formes d'erosió a les costes rocoses carbonatades de Mallorca

Abstract

This document deals with the study of the rates; patterns and morphologies of erosion at carbonate rock coasts of Mallorca. The approaches takes into account different instrumental techniques and field an laboratory experiments in order to separate the contribution of the different agents and processes in rock coast landform development. The investigation has been specially oriented towards the analysis of the contribution of grazing organisms and the role of biofilms in the evolution of coastal karren forms. The main contribution of the work is to point up that at short time scales and taking in account the processes that operate in a continuous way on the rock coast erosion dynamics, the biological component is very important in the coast erosion.