101. The rock coast of South and Central America
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Pedoja , Kevin, Witt , C., Martinod , J., Husson , L., Regard , V., Audin , L., Nexer , M., Delcaillau , Bernard, Saillard , M., Melnick , D., Dumont , J.F., Santana , E., Navarrete , E., Martillo , C., Pappalardo , M., Ayala , L., Araya , J.F., Feal-Pérez , A., Correa , D., Arozarena-Llopis , I., Morphodynamique Continentale et Côtière ( M2C ), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ) -Université de Rouen Normandie ( UNIROUEN ), Normandie Université ( NU ) -Normandie Université ( NU ) -Institut national des sciences de l'Univers ( INSU - CNRS ) -Université de Caen Normandie ( UNICAEN ), Normandie Université ( NU ), Kennedy, D.M., Stephenson, W.J., Naylor, L.A., Morphodynamique Continentale et Côtière (M2C), Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), and Normandie Université (NU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
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[SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics] ,[ SDU ] Sciences of the Universe [physics] - Abstract
International audience; The great variety of climatic conditions, tidal ranges and wave regimes of South and Central America act on a complex geology and tectonic framework. Many of the rock and cliffed coasts of South America are strongly controlled by the occurrence of extensive Cenozoic and Pleistocene sediments that crop out at the coast. Geology and the different uplift rates are a major factor in the whole coastal geomorphology of South and Central America, and consequently are a very important control of the processes and landforms of rock coasts. This chapter covers several aspects of the rock coast of South and Central America, with special attention to the combination of tectonic movements and Quaternary Pleistocene– Holocene sea-level changes.
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- 2014
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