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Geological map of the Iberian Peninsula. The core of the Iberian Peninsula consists of a Hercynian cratonic block known as the Iberian Massif. On the northeast, this is bounded by the Pyrenean fold belt, and on the southeast, it is bounded by the Betic fold mountain chain.
About this map. Name: Iberian Peninsula topographic map, elevation, terrain. Location: Iberian Peninsula, Spain ( 36.00004 -9.50059 43.79042 3.32225) Average elevation: 351 m. Minimum elevation: -3 m. Maximum elevation: 3,211 m. The Iberian Peninsula encompasses 583,254 km2 and has very contrasting and uneven relief.
- Seasonally Frozen Ground Features
- Rock Weathering and Derived Landforms
- Talus Slopes and Associated Phenomena
- Periglacial Mass Movement and Slope Evolution
- Others
Seasonal frost action in the ground is highly dependent on climate conditions: cold intensity and duration, ground moisture regimes, freeze-thaw cycles, etc. In general, most Iberian mountains >1600–2000 m record several months per year with negative mean monthly temperatures to slightly positive at lower elevations. Under these circumstances, and ...
Traditionally, weathering in cold-climate regions has been associated with the mechanical disintegration of rocks although recent research has shown increasing evidence of the impact of chemical and biotic weathering in the configuration of the mountain landscape (Thorn et al. 2011). Frost weathering is effective in all Iberian mountains, particula...
On steep slopes, the weathering of the bedrock favours very active rockfall dynamics that result in the formation of debris accumulation at the foot of the rock ridges, which are subsequently reshaped by cascade surface processes generating a broad spectrum of periglacial features. Such debris accumulations are the main factor, together with frost ...
Soils in periglacial environments, both in seasonal frost and permafrost terrain, can move downslope even on very gentle slopes. Despite annual rates of periglacial mass movements on the order of mm- to cm-scale displacements, they affect extensive zones in Iberian mountains. Together with talus cones, solifluction landforms are the most abundant p...
In the Iberian Peninsula, there are also other less abundant periglacial phenomena, some of them indicative of past permafrost conditions. This is the case of ice wedge morphologies that have been observed in fine-grained sediments of Pleistocene fluvial terraces of central Iberia at elevations of 700–1000 m (Serrano et al. 2010). Occasionally, fro...
Sep 13, 2017 · Iberia is a prominent large sized peninsula in the southwestern end of Europe, reaching the westernmost (9° 29′ W in Cape Rocha, Portugal) and southernmost (36° 00′ N in Tarifa) points of Europe, as only small areas in western Ireland and southern Kriti are beyond these coordinates in the European context.
- Javier Loidi
- javier.loidi@ehu.eus
- 2017
Study area. The Iberian Peninsula, located in southwestern Europe and with a total area of 583,832 km 2 ( Fig. 6), holds a highly diverse geological history 38 and a well-documented late...
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IBERLID is an interactive database of lead isotope analysis (LIA) results of geological and archaeological samples from the Iberian Peninsula. Nearly 3000 Pb isotopic analyses from over 140 different references are compiled in IBERLID. The database includes results from minerals, rocks and archaeological metal objects, standardized to allow for ...
Taking a new global approach, this unique book provides an updated review of the geology of Iberia and its continental margins from a geodynamic perspective. Owing to its location close to successive plate margins, Iberia has played a pivotal role in the geodynamic evolution of the Gondwanan, Rheic, Pangea, Tethys s.l. and Eurasian plates over ...
