Raised shore terraces as the result of continuous regression

On two islands in the archipelago of SW Finland raised shore terraces lie at random altitudes on different shores, thus indicating that a standstill in regression is no prerequisite for the formation of shore terraces. This shows that a continuous process can give rise to a discontinuous result.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: N. Edelman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Geological Society of Finland 1968-12-01
Series:Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finland
Online Access:http://www.geologinenseura.fi/bulletin/Volume40/sgs_bt_040_pages_011_015.pdf