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.
Taken on 5
May
2015
Submitted on 28 February 2016
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- Europe (2775)
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- Exact location (-8.9835 W, 37.0485 N)
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geology, geomorphology, tectonics, unconformity
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Credit: André Cortesão (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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