Microscopic study of twelve weathering profiles developed on granitic rocks in Galicia (NW Spain) showed that, in most cases, the transformation of the parent rock into saprolite occurs with pseudomorphic alteration of the plagioclases
In this work, 3 approaches are used to interpret climatic and environmental changes since the Pliocene in Spain : a study of species richness of 2 subfamilies of rodents (Murinae and Arvicolinae), an analysis of a faunal sequence with the cenogram
The magnetobiostratigraphy study of the 130-m-thick Zújar section (Negratín clays unit, Guadix-Baza Basin, Spain) provides a remarkable opportunity to improve the correlation of European mammal biostratigraphy to the Geomagnetic Polarity Time Scale
Rock coast inheritance : an example from Galicia, northwestern Spain
C 14 dating ; Coastal environment ; Galicia ; Inherited features ; Interglacial ; Marine quaternary ; Model ; Sea level ; Shore platform ; Spain
A shore platform on the western coast of Galicia in northwestern Spain has been inherited from interglacial stages when sea level was similar to today. The wide, gently sloping intertidal platform is backed in places by supratidal rock ledges
Examples are presented from 2 locations in SE and NE Spain where patterned or banded vegetation are found on semi-natural and abandoned land or where vegetation is recovering from wildfire. In both cases patterns are being investigated as process
Magnitude-frequency analysis of water redistribution along a climate gradient in Spain
Albacete ; Arid area ; Climate ; Infiltration ; Mediterranean area ; Murcia ; Precipitation ; Rainfall simulation ; Rill wash ; Soil ; Soil erosion ; Soil water ; Spain ; Valencia ; Vegetation ; Water cycle ; Water erosion ; Zoning
The aim of this paper is to quantify the amount of surface water redistribution in 3 areas in Spain (Murcia, Valencia, Albacete) having different climatological characteristics, for a fine spatial scale and temporal scales of 1 yr and 10 yr
alluvial fans in the Cabo de Gata ranges of southeast Spain. The geomorphic characteristics of the fans are described first, then, using evidence provided by soil development, the evolution during the late Quaternary is established and related
Press archives as temporal records of landslides in the North of Spain : relationships between rainfall and instability slope events
Asturias ; Documentation ; Landslide ; Mass movement ; Mountain ; Precipitation ; Slope ; Spain ; Years 1980-89 ; Years 1990-99
This paper evaluates the usefulness of press archives as temporal records of landslides in Asturias, northern Spain. It also shows the potential for this kind of information in the establishment of relationships between slope instability events