Neotectonic dynamics of the marine coastal zone exemplified by the Antarctic Peninsula |
| |
Authors: | N N Dunaev L R Merklin N V Pykhov |
| |
Institution: | 1.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology,Russian Academy of Sciences,Moscow,Russia |
| |
Abstract: | The proposed concept of the “marine coastal zone” (MCZ) is substantiated with considering the role of the neotectonics in
the formation and evolution of the corresponding morphologic system using the Antarctic Peninsula as an example. For this
purpose, the results of the immediate geologic-geomorphologic observations are correlated with an original schematic neotectonic
map compiled for the region in question. It is shown that neotectonic movements are responsible for the block structure of
the coastal zone representing its most stable element, which is complicated by subsequent regional exogenic coast-forming
processes with the glacial one being dominant. Other aspects of the marine coastal zone influenced by neotectonics are also
considered. A new (near-polar) type of the marine coastal zone is defined. |
| |
Keywords: | |
本文献已被 SpringerLink 等数据库收录! |