Into the mossy mountains
Shales covered in algae are exposed at Arrifana Beach (Algarve, Portugal) during low tide. At a closer look the shales look like a massive, mossy mountain range. The beach is one of many geologically interesting locations in the Southwest Alentejo and Vicentine Coast Natural Park.
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- Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology (901)
- Geodynamics (363)
- Geomorphology (1347)
- Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and Palaeontology (509)
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- Europe (3707)
- Southern Europe (1617)
- Portugal (102)
- Exact location (-8.8661 W, 37.2915 N)
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Canon EOS 1100D
Taken on 25
April
2017
Submitted on 15 February 2019
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Credit
Franziska Staudt (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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