Open AccessRaised shore terraces as the result of continuous regression
Author(s) -
Nils Edelman
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
bulletin of the geological society of finland
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.4
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1799-4632
pISSN - 0367-5211
DOI - 10.17741/bgsf/40.002
Subject(s) - shore , river terraces , geology , regression , geography , statistics , geomorphology , mathematics , oceanography , structural basin , fluvial
On two islands in the archipelago of SW Finland raised shore terraces lie at random altitudes on different shores, thus indicating that a standstill in regression is no prerequisite for the formation of shore terraces. This shows that a continuous process can give rise to a discontinuous result.
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