Mechanical and biological erosion of beachrock in Barbados, West Indies : a regional study of the distribution, forms, processes and rates of mechanical and biological erosion of a carbonate clastic rock in the littoral zone.

The importance of destructive processes in the morphology of carbonate shores has been recognized for many years. Field evidence of erosion in the form of shore platforms, reef flats and shoreline nips is widespread, especially in tropical and subtropical areas. However, it is obvious from a review of the literature that agreement is not complete on the dominant processes of erosion. [...