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Author : Roland P. Paskoff

Published in: Encyclopedia of Coastal Science

Publisher: Springer Netherlands

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Faulted coasts are chiefly associated with active continental margins where tectonic plates are colliding. They often correspond to bold coasts, characterized by continuously steep and straight scarps. However, terraced coastal areas dislocated by faults as well as fiord or estuary coasts controlled by faults have also to be included into the broad category of faulted coasts. …

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Metadata
Title
F
Author
Roland P. Paskoff
Copyright Year
2005
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Book
Encyclopedia of Coastal Science

Print ISBN: 978-1-4020-1903-6

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-4020-3880-8

Copyright Year: 2005

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3880-1_6