ON THE GEOMORPHOLOGIC EVOLUTION OF THE GREAT COASTAL COASTAL CLIFFS OF NORTHERN CHILE.
Keywords:
Geomorphology, Northern Chile, Coastal CliffsAbstract
About the geomorphic Evolution of the high Cliff along the arid coast of Chile. The marine Cliff of northernmost Chile, about 700 m high and 800 km long, represents a major geomorphic feature of the Earth. North of Iquique, it is still an active Cliff retreating under wave action but elsewhere it is an abandoned Cliff with a wave cut Platforro lying at its foot. The high Cliff probably derives from important Fault Scarps of Upper Miocene age which have retreated during a major Middle to Upper Pliocene Transgression. It has been only slightly modified by glacio-eustatic oscillations of Sea level during Quaternary times. Persistent aridity in spite of some more humid periods also accounts for its good preservation. There is evidence supporting a post Pliocene Subsidence of the coastal Area.
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Géogr., 407: 26-38.
1974.-"Les Rasas": un probleme de Morphologie I"ittorale génerale", A nn, Géogr., 455: 1-33.
HAYES, D. E., 1966.-"A Geophysical Investigation of the Peru-Chile Trench". Marine Geol., 4: 309-351.
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Staatssamml., Hist. Geol., 10: 189-198. Zitteliana, 2, 1-159.
1970.-"Bostryx variabilis n. sp., eíne Landschnccke aus dem Altpleistozan von Mejillones, Nordchile", Mitteilungen Bayerischen Staatssamml., Hist. Geol.
10: 189-198.
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Coastal Range oí Northern Chile". Butl. Dept. Geogr., Univ. oí Tokyo, 3: 47-65.
PASKOFF, R., 1970.-Recherches Géomorphologiques dans le Chili semi-aride, Bordeaux, Biscaye Freres, Imprimeurs, 420 p
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SCHOLL, D. W., CHRISTENSEN, M. N., HUENE VON, y MARLOW, M. S. 1970.- "Peru-Chile Trench Sediments and Sea-floor Spreading", Bull. Geol., Soco
Ame.,.., 81: 1339-1360.
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Santiago.
TRICART, J., DOLLFUS, O., y CLOOTS-HIRSCH, A. R., 1969.-"Les études francaises du Quaternaire sud-américain". Bull Ass. Franc. Et. Quat. Suppl., 1969:
215-230.
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ZEIL, W., 1964.-Geologie von Chile, Gebrüder Borntrager, Berlin, 233 p.
ZENKOVICH, V. P., 1967.-Processes 01 Coastal Development, Edimbourgh, 738 p.
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PASKOFF, R. (1979). ON THE GEOMORPHOLOGIC EVOLUTION OF THE GREAT COASTAL COASTAL CLIFFS OF NORTHERN CHILE. Revista De Geografía Norte Grande, (6), 7–22. Retrieved from https://redae.uc.cl/index.php/RGNG/article/view/39371
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