Shore platform abrasion in a para-periglacial environment, Galicia, northwestern Spain

Auteurs :
BLANCO-CHAO, R.
PÉREZ-ALBERTI, A.
TRENHAILE, A.S.
COSTA-CASAIS, M.
VALCÁRCEL-DÍAZ, M.

Description :
This paper uses surface rock hardness variations to identify present and past abrasional activity on shore platforms in northwestern Spain, and to show how spatial and temporal in abrasion efficacy have resulted from the exhumation and inheritance of ancient platform surfaces from beneath Weichselian deposits.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Geomorphology (Amsterdam), issn : 0169-555X, 2007, vol. 83, n°. 1-2, p. 136-151, nombre de pages : 16, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 39 ref.

Date :
2007

Editeur :
Pays édition : Pays-Bas, Amsterdam, Elsevier