Deslizamientos e inundaciones cuaternarias en la cuenca vertiente del río DarroLa génesis del Tajo de San Pedro (La Alhambra, Granada)

  1. J.M. Azañón 1
  2. A. Azor 1
  3. J.L. de Justo Alpañes 2
  4. W. Martín-Rosales 1
  5. R. Mateos 3
  6. V. Pérez-Peña 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Granada
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    Universidad de Granada

    Granada, España

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  2. 2 Universidad de Sevilla
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    Universidad de Sevilla

    Sevilla, España

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  3. 3 Instituto Geológico y Minero de España
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    Instituto Geológico y Minero de España

    Madrid, España

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Libro:
Contribuciones al estudio del periodo cuaternario
  1. Lario Gómez, Javier (coord.)
  2. Silva, Pablo G. (coord.)

Editorial: Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Industriales de Madrid ; Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

ISBN: 978-84-7484-201-2

Año de publicación: 2007

Páginas: 13-14

Tipo: Capítulo de Libro

Resumen

The Darro River was basically incised in the conglomerates of the Alhambra Formation, during Quaternary times, with an incision rate of 0.2-0.4 mm/year. San Pedro escarpment is a cliff 65 m high which is placed 24 m from the Alhambra wall-palace. The genesis of this cliff is a combination of erosion at the external part of a meander and landslides probably induced by recent tectonic movements of the active normal faults which outcrops in the escarpment. Other key factors in the formation of this escarpment are the floods of the Darro River which occur with a return period of 20 years and a peak discharge of 90 m3/s