Elaboration d’une typologie des dépôts de blocs supratidaux de sommets de falaise de la péninsule de Reykjanes (Islande)

• Published in: Géomorphologie : relief, processus, environnement
• Main Authors: Autret, Ronan, Suanez, Serge, Fichaut, Bernard, Etienne, Samuel
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: French
• Published: Groupe français de géomorphologie 2016
• Subjects: blocs supratidaux; côte rocheuse; tempête; falaise; Islande; Cliff-top storm deposits (CTSD); rock coast; cliff; storm; Iceland; lang; hist; Retour; Reykjanes; Tempêtes; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://journals.openedition.org/geomorphologie/11272

The present study focuses on the distribution and morphology of cliff-top storm deposits (CTSD) in the Reykjanes Peninsula in southwest Iceland. The study area stretches over a 35 kilometre coastline and consists mainly of cliffs not exceeding 15 m, cut into post-glacial lava beds aged 14 500 to 800...