RT Journal Article
T1 Coastal retreat and sedimentation during the Last 3000 years. Atlantic coast of NW Spain
A1 Blanco Chao, Ramón
A1 Costa Casais, Manuela
A1 Cajade Pascual, Daniel
A1 Gómez Rey, Gonzalo
K1 Sedimentary cliffs
K1 Coastal change
K1 Late Holocene
K1 Human activity
AB During the last glaciation, thick nival and periglacial sediments buried large sectors of the NW coast of Spain. The sediments were mostly eroded by the rising sea level during the Holocene, but in several places they remain, forming sedimentary cliffs. Radiocarbon dates obtained at the topmost layers of these cliffs prove that continental sedimentation was active until very recent times, followed by a retreat of the cliffs. During the first stages of the transgression, the erosion of the cliffs and the changes in the coastal system were controlled by the rising sea-level. Once the sea-level stabilized, the exhumation of inherited landforms, the supply of sediments, and a continuous continental sedimentation became the main factors. The last stages of cliff retreat were almost synchronous with the sedimentation of the upper layers of the deposits.
PB MDPI
YR 2019
FD 2019
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/21092
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/21092
LA eng
NO Blanco-Chao, R.; Costa-Casais, M.; Cajade-Pascual, D.; Gómez-Rey, G. Coastal Retreat and Sedimentation during the Last 3000 Years. Atlantic Coast of NW Spain. J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2019, 7, 331.
DS Minerva
RD 28 abr 2026