Morphological features and processes in the central Algarve rocky coast (South Portugal)

Geomorphology

Volumn 81, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 345-360

  Moura, D ^a   Albardeiro, L ^a   Veiga Pires, C ^a   Boski, T ^a   Tigano, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Algarve; Marine caves; Marine erosion; Notches; Rocky coast; Shore platforms

Indexed keywords

BIOEROSION; CAVE DEVELOPMENT; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; HYDROSTATICS; LITHOLOGY; ROCKY SHORE; SHORE PLATFORM;

ALGARVE; EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33750443653     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2006.04.014     Document Type: Article

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