Miocene–Pliocene rocky shores on São Nicolau (Cape Verde Islands): Contrasting windward and leeward biofacies on a volcanically active oceanic island

• Main Authors: Markes, E. Johnson, Ramalho, Ricardo S, Baarli, B. Gudveig, Cachao, Mário, Silva, Carlos M. da, Mayoral Alfaro, Eduardo, Santos, Ana Alexandra Guerreiro dos
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2014
• Subjects: Coastal deposition; Miocene; Pliocene; Rhodoliths (Rhodophyta); Northeast Trade Winds; Volcanic islands; Ferrara; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10272/7945

North Atlantic islands in the Cape Verde Archipelago off the coast of West Africa commonly feature an elongated N–S shape in which reduced northern coasts and longer eastern shores absorb the brunt of wave activity and long-shore currents generated by prevailing North East Trade Winds. Located in th...