Introduction
The coastline of Argentina is about 5,700 km long, with coastal landforms shown in (Fig. 4.4.1 ). The coastal geology ranges from a fairly stable area in the north to a generally rising area in Patagonia and tectonically-affected coasts in Tierra del Fuego. A continental shelf, in places, over 800 km wide, is covered by terrigenous sediment accumulated during Quaternary sea level oscillations.
Predominant landforms on the Argentine coast.
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Schnack, E., Pousa, J., Bértola, G., Isla, F. (2010). Argentina. In: Bird, E.C.F. (eds) Encyclopedia of the World's Coastal Landforms. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8639-7_34
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