Morphology of the Faial Island shelf (Azores): The interplay between volcanic, erosional, depositional, tectonic and mass-wasting processes

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Quartau, R ^a   Tempera, F ^b   Mitchell, N C ^c   Pinheiro, L M ^d   Duarte, H ^a   Brito, P O ^a,e   Bates, C R ^f   Monteiro, J H ^a  

^a LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE ENERGIA E GEOLOGIA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^e CIMAR Associate Laboratory ^*  (Portugal)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

coastal erosion; lava progradation; model; shelf development; shelf stratigraphy; volcanic ocean island

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; MODELS; MORPHOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS; VOLCANOES; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

COASTAL EROSION; PROGRADATION; SHELF DEVELOPMENT; SHELF-STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANIC OCEAN ISLAND;

EROSION;

COASTAL EROSION; DEPOSITION; EROSION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LAVA; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROGRADATION; SEISMIC DATA; VOLCANIC ISLAND;

AZORES; PICO; PORTUGAL;

EID: 84861369975     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GC003987     Document Type: Article

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