Landscapes and Landforms of Costa Rica
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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| Format: | Electrònic eBook |
| Idioma: | anglès |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2024.
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| Edició: | 1st ed. 2024. |
| Col·lecció: | World Geomorphological Landscapes,
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| Accés en línia: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-64940-0 |
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Taula de continguts:
- 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.