Angular unconformity
Angular unconformity in Praia do Telheiro, Algarve. It shows Late Triassic red and yellow planar sandstones resting on top of tilted black shales and greywackes of Carboniferous age, deformed during the Variscan orogeny.
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- Europe (3704)
- Southern Europe (1617)
- Portugal (102)
- Exact location (-8.9835 W, 37.0485 N)
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Taken on 5
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2015
Submitted on 28 February 2016
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André Cortesão (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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