Facing the Atlantic, at Vale Figueiras beach
by Catarina Guerreiro, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Vale Figueiras beach is a beautiful and still rather unexplored area of the SW Coast of Portugal, belonging to one of the better exposed sectors of the SW Iberian Variscan Chain: Costa Vicentina. Here, coastal cliffs are largely made of schist rocks presenting a wide variety of geological structures, formed either in ductile or fragile deformation regimes.
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- Europe (3707)
- Southern Europe (1617)
- Portugal (102)
- Exact location (-8.0000 W, 37.0000 N)
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- beach (43)
- ocean (35)
- portugal (6)
- seascape (1)
- iberian variscan chain (3)
- sw coast of portugal (2)
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Taken on 15
August
2017
Submitted on 15 February 2018
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Credit
Catarina Guerreiro (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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