Procesos gravitacionales en el promontorio de La Mola en Menorca (Islas Baleares)

• Autores: Francesc Xavier Roig Munar, Antonio Rodríguez Perea, José Angel Martín Prieto, J. M. Vilaplana, Guillem Xavier Pons Buades, Biel Gelabert Noguera, Miquel Mir Gual
• Localización: Avances de la Geomorfología en España 2012-2014 / coord. por Susanne Schnabel, Álvaro Gómez Gutiérrez, 2014, ISBN 978-84-617-1123-9, págs. 380-383
• Idioma: español
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  • Gravitational processes of the headland of La Mola, Minorca (Balearic Islands)
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• Resumen

  • The promontory of La Mola is located in the east of the island of Minorca. Its geological structure consists of folded Palaeozoic rocks (basically shales and sandstones) overlaid by horizontal Cenozoic limestones. Cliffs develops at these cohesive limestones whereas scree slopes develops on top of Paleozoic materials. Gravity processes, essentially collapses, affecting stiff limestones results from two processes: wave action at the base of the cliff and the lateral spreading of Paleozoic shales.