Senhora do Salto Fold
by Nuno Correia, Porto, Portugal
Quartzites (Santa Justa Formation) Fold
Valongo Anticline,
The lithostratigraphic succession of the Valongo Anticline spans the Cambrian to Carboniferous. Concerning the Ordovician component, distinguished three formations: the Santa Justa Formation (Lower Ordovician),
Valongo Formation (Middle Ordovician), and Sobrido Formation (Upper Ordovician). An early succession of supposed Tremadocian age, underlying basal quartzites of the Santa Justa Formation.
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- Europe (3778)
- Southern Europe (1627)
- Portugal (102)
- Exact location (-8.4347 W, 41.1274 N)
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- fold (25)
- dynamic geomorphology (2)
- variscan orogeny (2)
- orogeny (2)
- iberian variscan chain (3)
- ordovician (17)
- quartzite (2)
- paleozoic (4)
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6000 × 4000 px;
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Nikon 7200
Taken on 30
September
2017
Submitted on 21 December 2023
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Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0)
Credit
Nuno Correia (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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