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Cemetery of Ancient beaches of Alcantilado de Montedor

Ancestral Beaches | Coastal Platforms I, II, III and IV

Coastal Platforms I, II, III and IV | 400 to 124 thousand years

Coastal platforms result from successive episodes of marine modeling and tectonic uplift. When the sea level remains in the same relative position in relation to a rocky mass, the intense activity of the waves creates a planar surface as a result of this wear and chemical change. Its preservation is possible due to the drop in sea level, which frees it from the mechanical force of the waves and the seismic activity that normally causes its lifting. The Montedor hill corresponds to a granitic mass, which preserves the staggering landscape resulting from the modeling of coastal platforms I, II, III and IV (Carvalhido, 2012).


References:

Carvalhido (2012). O Litoral Norte de Portugal (Minho-Neiva): evolução paleoambiental quaternária e proposta de conservação do património geomorfológico. Tese de Doutoramento, Universidade do Minho, 564 p.

Coastal platforms result from successive episodes of marine modeling and tectonic uplift. When the sea level remains in the same relative position in relation to a rocky mass, the intense activity of the waves creates a planar surface as a result of this wear and chemical change. Its preservation is possible due to the drop in sea level, which frees it from the mechanical force of the waves and the seismic activity that normally causes its lifting. The Montedor hill corresponds to a granitic mass, which preserves the staggering landscape resulting from the modeling of coastal platforms I, II, III and IV (Carvalhido, 2012).


References:

Carvalhido (2012). O Litoral Norte de Portugal (Minho-Neiva): evolução paleoambiental quaternária e proposta de conservação do património geomorfológico. Tese de Doutoramento, Universidade do Minho, 564 p.

Location

QR Code: Ancestral Beaches

Coordinates

Lat: 41.7497413

Long: -8.8789213

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