Landscapes and Landforms of the Lesser Antilles

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Allen, Casey D. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Σειρά: World Geomorphological Landscapes,
• Θέματα: Geography.; Geology.; Geomorphology.

This book focuses on the highly touristed, but surprisingly under-researched Lesser Antilles region. After offering a brief overview of the region’s geologic and tectonic history, as well as its basic climatology, subsequent chapters then discuss each island’s (or island set’s) geomorphology and geo...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Chapter 1. Small Islands, Intriguing Landscapes
• Chapter 2. Geologic and Tectonic Background of the Lesser Antilles
• Chapter 3. The Virgin Islands
• Chapter 4. Anguilla
• Chapter 5. Saint Martin/Sint Maarten and Saint Barthélemy
• Chapter 6. Saba and St. Eustatius (Statia)
• Chapter 7. St. Kitts and Nevis
• Chapter 8. Antigua and Barbuda
• Chapter 9. Montserrat
• Chapter 10. Guadeloupe
• Chapter 11. Dominica
• Chapter 12. Martinique
• Chapter 13. St. Lucia
• Chapter 14. Barbados
• Chapter 15. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• Chapter 16. Grenada
• Chapter 17. Trinidad and Tobago
• Chapter 18: Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao.