Cliff-height and slope-angle relationships in a chronosequence of Quaternary marine terraces, San Clemente Island, California

Auteurs :
CRITTENDEN, R.
MUHS, D. R.

Description :
A flight of Quaternary marine terraces provides a framework for quantitative analysis of abandoned sea cliff modification as a function of time. The relationships are weaker than for stream terraces and fault scarps in unconsolidated materials but the method can probably be used successfully to distinguish early, middle and late Quaternary fault scarps or sea cliffs in consolidated materials.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie, 1986, vol. 30, n°. 3, p. 291-301, Références bibliographiques : 20 réf.

Date :
1986