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Marine terrace staircases of western Iberia: Uplift rate patterns from rocky li...

The Western Iberian Peninsula is undergoing compressive tectonic reactivation, resulting in spatial and temporal variations of surface uplift. Uplift quantification can be undertaken in coastal settings using staircases of shore platforms developed onto rocky headlands. This study analyses two marine terrace staircases in central Portugal: Cape Raso - Abano beach and Cape Espichel. Geomorphic and stratigraphic ...

Plio-Quaternary coastal uplift along the western Iberian Margin: insights from ...

This study presents a detailed geomorphological and geochronological analysis of a marine terrace staircase developed into the Peniche Peninsula (Portugal), a rocky headland of Jurassic carbonate bedrock located in the central sector of the Western Iberian passive margin. The marine terrace levels are described morphologically and sedimentologically, but also dated using ESR and U-Series methodologies. The mari...

Recreational use of protected areas: spatiotemporal insights from the Wikiloc m...

Managing the rising number of visitors to protected areas (PAs) withoutcompromising their environmental goals is a critical challenge thatrequires a complete understanding of how and when visitors use thesespaces. Georeferenced data from fitness-tracking apps can providedetailed information about the visitor's spatiotemporal behaviour insidePAs, but its potential is still underexplored. This study uses georefer...

Geomorfologia e cronologia dos terraços marinhos de Peniche-importância como in...

Os visitantes no Parque Nacional de Dartmoor, Reino Unido: análise espácio-temp...

Iberia: insights from the Lower Mondego River terraces (central Portugal)

The Lower Mondego Valley (LMV), located in the Western Iberian passive margin which is under compressive tectonic reactivation since ca. 80 Ma, is used for deciphering long-term landscape evolution during the Quaternary and the control played by active tectonics, eustasy and climate. The elaboration of a detailed geomorphological map allowed the establishment of the spatial and temporal distribution of the diff...

Marine terrace staircases of western Iberia: uplift rate patterns from rocky li...

The Western Iberian passive margin is under compressive tectonic reactivation resulting in spatial and temporal variations in surface uplift. This uplift can be quantified in coastal settings using staircases of wave-cut platforms developed onto rocky headlands. This study focuses on two marine terrace staircases of central Portugal: Cape Raso (west of Lisbon) and Cape Espichel (western Arrábida mountain chain)...

Patterns and controls on fluvial incision in the lower Douro River (Western Ibe...

The Douro River, is ~900 km long and has a drainage basin of ~97,600 km2, crossing most of the Iberian Peninsula from east to west. The evolution of the Douro system documents an outstanding example of a continental-scale drainage reorganization, reflecting a transition from endorheic to exorheic conditions. By the middle Cretaceous, the passive Western Iberian Margin was tectonically reactivated by an increasi...

Plio-Quaternary coastal uplift along the western Iberian margin: insights from ...

This study provides a detailed geomorphological study of the Peniche Peninsula, located in westernmost Iberia, a resistant rocky limestone headland subjected to high energy Atlantic Ocean coastal processes. We have used field mapping, surveying, sedimentary facies analysis, geochronology (electron spin resonance [ESR]; U-Series), but also identification of fossils and lithic artefacts, in order to: 1) reconstru...

Levantamento diferencial evidenciado pelas escadarias de terraços marinhos do C...

This study focuses on two marine terrace staircases of central Portugal: Cabo Raso (west of Lisboa) and Cabo Espichel (western Arrábida chain). Four emerse marine terraces were found in the Cabo Raso area, while twelve were found at Cabo Espichel, according to geomorphological and stratigraphical studies. Electron Spin Resonance and luminescence dating were used to establish a chronology for the coastal stairca...