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Landscapes and landforms of Costa Rica: World Geomorphological Landscapes

Editat de Adolfo Quesada-Román
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 13 oct 2024
The book presents a general to detailed perspective of the most updated geomorphological works in Costa Rica. The book will be very interesting for professionals, researchers, general public, and students.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9783031649394
ISBN-10: 3031649397
Ilustrații: X, 540 p.
Dimensiuni: 210 x 279 mm
Ediția:2024
Editura: Springer International Publishing
Colecția Springer
Seria World Geomorphological Landscapes

Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland

Cuprins

Introduction: Landscapes and Landforms of Costa Rica.- A synopsis of the Geology, Geotectonic and Geological History of Costa Rica.- Morphotectonic regions of Costa Rica: A review and updated classification.- Volcanic geomorphology of Costa Rica.- Mass movements dynamics and morphologies in Costa Rica.- Fluvial landscapes of Costa Rica: An overview of dynamic rivers.- Lakes in Costa Rica.- Main karstic landscapes and caves of Costa Rica.- Glacial and periglacial landscapes in Costa Rica.- Coastal and shallow marine geomorphology of Costa Rica.- A Costa Rican Biological Puzzle ⸻The geological, landscape, and vicariance history as a conditioning of the past and present biogeography.- Agricultural Landscapes of Costa Rica.- Anthropogenic geomorphology of Costa Rica.- Geoheritage, geoconservation, and geotourism promotion in Costa Rica.- Biogeomorphological evolution of Arenal stratovolcano: A field laboratory to investigate relationships between volcanic activity, erosion, and vegetation succession.- Tectonic geomorphology of the Fortuna Fault and the Venado Transtensive System, Northern Costa Rica.- Geomorphology and morphometric aspects of the upper region of the Barva Volcano, Costa Rica.- Geomorphology and slope instability in a densely populated county such as Escazú, San José, Costa Rica.- Caves in volcanic terrains in Costa Rica with the description of new volcano-speleogenetic mechanisms.- Landslides of the Middle Reventazón catchment – lithological and topographic controls.- Geomorphology of the Caribbean coastal plains of northern Costa Rica: the realm of avulsive fluvial systems.- Highly weathered soils landscapes of Costa Rica.

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The book presents a general to detailed perspective of the most updated geomorphological works in Costa Rica. The book will be very interesting for professionals, researchers, general public, and students.

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Detailed perspective of the most updated geomorphological works in Costa Rica Highly illustrated Valuable reference for geologists, geomorphologists and geotourists