Role of shore platforms on coastal cliffs protection in Algarve (South Portugal...

• Autor(es): Gabriel, Selma ; Moura, Delminda ; Ferreira, Óscar ; Pacheco, André ; Matias, Ana ; Veiga-Pires, C.
• Data: 2010
• Identificador Persistente: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/3293
• Origem: Sapientia - Universidade do Algarve
• Tipo de Documento: Outro
• Idioma: Inglês

Descrição

The complex interaction between morphogenetic processes acting on rocky coasts and substrate characteristics difficult the assessment of its evolution at different time scales. In opposition to other coastal environments such as beaches, where variations on substrate’s attributes are constrained to a few possibilities, rocky coasts expose substrates having large amount of variables, among them, lithology, mechanical and chemical strength, density and orientation of faults and joints and, rocks’ texture and structure (e.g., Trenhaile, 2003).