Discovery of a silicate rock-boring organism and macrobioerosion in fresh water

• Main Authors: Bolotov, Ivan N., Aksenova, Olga V., Bakken, Torkild, Glasby, Christopher J., Gofarov, Mikhail Yu., Kondakov, Alexander V., Konopleva, Ekaterina S., Lopes-Lima, Manuel, Lyubas, Artyom A., Wang, Yu, Bychkov, Andrey Yu., Sokolova, Agniya M., Tanmuangpak, Kitti, Tumpeesuwan, Sakboworn, Vikhrev, Ilya V., Shyu, J. Bruce H., Win, Than, Pokrovsky, Oleg S.
• Other Authors: Earth Observatory of Singapore
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Macrobioerosion; Gastrochaenolites Anauchen; DRNTU::Science::Geology
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/88402; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/45759
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Macrobioerosion is a common process in marine ecosystems. Many types of rock-boring organisms break down hard substrates, particularly carbonate rocks and calcareous structures such as dead corals and shells. In paleontology, the presence of rocks with boreholes and fossil macroboring assemblage mem...