Naslov
The Eastern Adriatic (Croatian) coast, locus typicus of Dalmatian type of coast

Autori
Krklec, Kristina ; Perica, Dražen ; Lozić, Sanja

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
3rd International Symposium & Field Workshop On living with Landscapes. "Adaption with rivers and Coastal Coral Reef". Abstratcs & Field workshop Guide / Torab, Magdy - Alexandria : Egyptian Society of enviromental Changes, 2010, 32-32

Skup
3rd International Symposium & Field Workshop On living with Landscapes. "Adaption with rivers and Coastal Coral Reef"

Mjesto i datum
Marsa Alam, Egipat; Asuan, Egipat, 25.10.2010. - 01.11.2010

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Dalmatian coast type; Dalmatia; Adriatic; Croatia

Sažetak
As the second most indented coast in the world, the Eastern Adriatic coast is locus typicus of Dalmatian type of coast. It is named after the landscape of Dalmatia (Croatia) where geomorphological and geological structures are parallel to the coast and island chains with channels separating them. It is formed by ingression of the rising postglacial sea after which the elevations of the former mountains (in accordance to general provision of the landforms) became islands in a row or elongated islands, and elongated valleys are submerged and are now channels. There are 79 islands, 525 islets, and 642 rocks and rocks awash, or a total of 1246 recorded. The total length of coastline is 5835 kilometers (length of the coastline of mainland is 1777 km of and length of the coastline of islands is 4058 km). Built up mostly by Mesozoic limestones, the coastlines of the eastern Adriatic show only very little forming by true littoral processes. Beaches are missing as well as extended cliffs (except the tectonic ones). The reason is prevalence of easily soluble carbonate rocks in the drainage area of rivers flowing into Adriatic Sea along eastern coast, with small discharge (only approximately 20% of river-born material is in suspended form) ; and count-clockwise sea-current circulation (that preserves the eastern coast from intensive input of suspended matter delivered by the Po River and Apennine rivers).

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Geografija

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