Landform development at the Ciudad Encantada, near Cuenca, Spain

  1. Twidale, C. R. 1
  2. Centeno, J. D. 2
  1. 1 University of Adelaide
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    University of Adelaide

    Adelaida, Australia

    ROR https://ror.org/00892tw58

  2. 2 Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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    Universidad Complutense de Madrid

    Madrid, España

    ROR 02p0gd045

Revista:
Cadernos do Laboratorio Xeolóxico de Laxe: Revista de xeoloxía galega e do hercínico peninsular

ISSN: 0213-4497

Any de publicació: 1993

Número: 18

Pàgines: 257-269

Tipus: Article

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Resum

The Ciudad Encantada, near Cuenca, in east-central Spain, is a complex of mushroom-shaped rocks and elongate plateau remnants developed in flat-lying Cretaceous dolomite. Natural bridges are also present. The forms are attributed partly to structural factors, namely the presence of strata of contrasted resistance to weathering and erosion, but also to differential subsurface moisture attack beneath the plateau surface. Other factors contributing to the relative stability of the caprock include biotic coating, calcite concentration, and dryness at site scale.

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