Marine Pothole Erosion, Oahu, Hawaii

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Title:	Marine Pothole Erosion, Oahu, Hawaii
Author:	Abbott, Agatin T; Pottratz, Steven W
Date:	1969-07
Publisher:	University of Hawai'i Press
Citation:	Abbott AT, Pottratz SW. 1969. Marine pothole erosion, Oahu, Hawaii. Pac Sci 23(3): 276-290.
Abstract:	The term "pothole" has been applied to a variety of depressions by many writers. The term is used here to describe depressions which are abraded and scoured by water and grinding tools under the influence of currents that produce a vortex motion. Elston (1918) referred to holes developed in this manner as "normal potholes," and Alexander (1932) used also the term "eddy holes" to describe depressions formed by this mechanism.
ISSN:	0030-8870
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10125/3383