INVESTIGADORES
ISLA Federico Ignacio
artículos
Título:
Beach-gravel armouring response to sea level rise: Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego case studies
Autor/es:
FEDERICO IGNACIO ISLA; LAMARCHINA SALVADOR
Revista:
JOURNAL OF SOUTH AMERICAN EARTH SCIENCES
Editorial:
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
Referencias:
Lugar: Amsterdam; Año: 2023 p. 1 - 32
ISSN:
0895-9811
Resumen:
High-latitude coasts are composed dominantly by coarse-grained sediments derivedfrom Pleistocene glaciations. These inherited composition led to gravel armouringeither of beaches or spits. The expectance for the anthropogenic-induced sea-levelrise will be therefore attenuated due to this resistance of gravel beaches. Severalexamples from the Patagonian and Fuegian coasts are described and analysed.Armouring, migration and cannibalisation of gravel spits should be considered in orderto forecast the evolution of these coasts in relation to sea-level rise.
