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Lagoa Santa Karst: Brazil's Iconic Karst Region

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Editors:
  1. Augusto S. Auler

    1. Instituto do Carste, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

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  2. Paulo Pessoa

    1. Instituto do Carste, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

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  • Offers a multidisciplinary overview of the Lagoa Santa Karst
  • Is the first English-language book on this major karst area
  • Adopts a unique approach to the topic that appeals to environmentalists, scientists and mining professionals

Part of the book series: Cave and Karst Systems of the World (CAKASYWO)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. History of Research in the Lagoa Santa Karst

    • Augusto S. Auler
    Pages 1-11

  3. The Geology of Lagoa Santa Karst

    • Paulo Galvão, Jorge Peñaranda
    Pages 13-25

  4. The Vegetation of Lagoa Santa Karst

    • Ana Elisa Brina
    Pages 27-49

  5. The Lagoa Santa Fauna: Historical Records

    • Gisele Lessa, Flávia Henriques e Souza, Natália Lima Boroni
    Pages 51-72

  6. The Waterbirds and Dynamics of Lagoa Santa Karst Temporary Lakes

    • José Eugênio Côrtes Figueira, Paula Fernanda Albonette de Nóbrega, Tulio Dornas, Janaina Aparecida Batista Aguiar, Leonardo Lopes, Maria Auxiliadora Drumond
    Pages 73-92

  7. Soils of the Lagoa Santa Karst

    • Luís B. Piló, Selma Simões de Castro
    Pages 93-108

  8. Karst Landforms in the Lagoa Santa Area

    • Augusto S. Auler
    Pages 109-134

  9. Karst Hydrogeology of the Lagoa Santa Area

    • Paulo Pessoa
    Pages 135-165

  10. Caves and Speleogenesis in the Lagoa Santa Karst

    • Augusto S. Auler
    Pages 167-186

  11. Biospeleology of the Lagoa Santa Karst

    • Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira, Marcus Paulo Alves de Oliveira, Marconi Souza-Silva
    Pages 187-208

  12. Cave Paleontology in the Lagoa Santa Karst

    • Cástor Cartelle
    Pages 209-225

  13. The Archaeological Record of Lagoa Santa (East-Central Brazil): From the Late Pleistocene to Historical Times

    • André Strauss, Igor M. Mariano Rodrigues, Alenice Baeta, Ximena S. Villagran, Marcony Alves, Francisco Pugliese Jr. et al.
    Pages 227-281

  14. Environmental Problems in the Lagoa Santa Karst

    • Paulo Pessoa, Dora Atman, Gisele Kimura
    Pages 283-303

  15. Protection of the Environmental and Cultural Heritage in the Lagoa Santa Karst: History and Challenges

    • Luciana Alt, Vitor Moura
    Pages 305-330

  16. Correction to: The Archaeological Record of Lagoa Santa (East-Central Brazil): From the Late Pleistocene to Historical Times

    • André Strauss, Igor M. Mariano Rodrigues, Alenice Baeta, Ximena S. Villagran, Marcony Alves, Francisco Pugliese Jr. et al.
    Pages C1-C1
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This book discusses the Lagoa Santa Karst, which has been internationally known since the pioneering studies of the Danish naturalist Peter Lund in the early 1800s. It covers the speleogenesis, geology, vegetation, fauna, hydrogeology, geomorphology, and anthropogenic use of the Lagoa Santa Karst and is the first English-language book on this major karst area.
 
The area, which has been at the heart of the debate on the origin and age of human colonization in the Americas, is characterized by a classical and scenic karst landscape with limestone cliffs, karst lakes and karst plains, in addition to numerous solution dolines. More than 1,000 caves have been documented in the area, many with significant archeological and paleontological value. Despite its great importance, the Lagoa Santa Karst faces severe environmental threats due to limestone mining and the expansion of the metropolis of Belo Horizonte and its surrounding towns. The growing recognition of the area’s remarkable significance has led to increasing concern, and a number of protected areas have now been established, improving the conservation status of this landmark karst area.








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  • Instituto do Carste, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

    Augusto S. Auler, Paulo Pessoa

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