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

• Main Authors: Peulvast, Jean-Pierre (Author), Bétard, François (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Springer Earth System Sciences,
• Subjects: 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 “...

Table of Contents:

• 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.