Granite geomorphology and its geological controls, Serra da Estrela, Portugal

Geomorphology

Volumn 226, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-14

  Migoń, Piotr ^a   Vieira, Gonçalo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTO DE GEOGRAFIA E ORDENAMENTO DO TERRITÓRIO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Digital elevation models; Granite geomorphology; Portugal; Rock control; Tors

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ESCARPMENT; FAULT; FRACTURE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIATION; GRANITE; LITHOLOGY; RELIEF; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONICS; UPLIFT; FRACTURE GEOMETRY; FRACTURE ZONE; INCISED VALLEY; PLATEAU; QUATERNARY; TECTONIC SETTING; TOPOGRAPHY;

PORTUGAL; SERRA DA ESTRELA;

EID: 84905695399     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.07.027     Document Type: Article

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