Shore platform and cliff notch transitions along the La Paz Peninsula, southern Baja, Mexico

• Autores: Alan S. Trenhaile, N.I. Porter, K. Prestanski
• Localización: Geologica acta: an international earth science journal, ISSN 1695-6133, Vol. 13, Nº. Extra 2, 2015 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Special Issue: Selected contributions from the 7th Iberian Conference on Coastal Geomorphology.), págs. 167-180
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Increasing exposure to wave action produces a northerly transition from high tidal notches to shore platforms inthe andesitic lahar deposits of the La Paz Peninsula, southern Baja, Mexico. Twenty-four notches were surveyedand wear pins were cemented into the apex of each notch. Thirty-six transverse micro-erosion meter (TMEM)stations were installed on three surveyed platforms. Field measurements were made over a 2.5 year period.The wear pins suggested notch backwearing (horizontal erosion) is