Landforms and Landscape Evolution of the Equatorial Margin of Northeast Brazil An Overview /

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Peulvast, Jean-Pierre (Συγγραφέας), Bétard, François (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Σειρά: Springer Earth System Sciences,
• Θέματα: Geography.; Natural disasters.; Geomorphology.; Natural Hazards.

More than a simple monograph, the authors present a comprehensive geomorphic overview of a large tropical region where they show how deciphering the long-term landform evolution helps understanding the present set of landscapes and morphodynamic environments. The Equatorial margin of the Brazilian “...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1 Introduction
• 2 Geological setting: the Borborema Province
• 3 Morphostructural patterns
• 4 Stepped surfaces, palaeolandforms and morphostratigraphy
• 5 Late Cenozoic evolution of landforms
• 6 Conclusion and perspectives.