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Latin American Geomorphology

From the Crust to Mars

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Editors:
  1. Andrea Coronato

    1. CADIC-CONICET, Ushuaia, Argentina

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  2. Grace B. Alves

    1. IGEO, Universidade Federal de Bahía, Salvador, Brazil

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  • Provides an overview of geomorphological landscapes from the Andes to the Atlantic coast
  • Presents aspects of planetary geomorphology
  • Is derived from the current work of young geomorphologists of Latin America

Part of the book series: The Latin American Studies Book Series (LASBS)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction

    • Andrea Coronato, Grace B. Alves
    Pages 1-5

  3. Evidence of Neotectonism in Landforms and Landscape in the East of Tierra del Fuego, Argentina

    • María Romina Onorato
    Pages 7-24

  4. Glacial and Periglacial Geomorphological Study Associated with the Evolution of Rock Glaciers in the High Basin of the Río Cochiguás, Coquimbo, Chile

    • Catalina Pino-Rivas
    Pages 25-52

  5. Timing and Mechanisms of Fluvial Responses to Rapid Land Use Changes in the Surrounding Highlands of the Pantanal Wetland (Brazil): The Case of Taquari River

    • Fabiano do Nascimento Pupim, Stefania Cristino de Oliveira, Beatriz Silva Fernandes, Ana Luiza Faria de Souza, Renan Cassimiro Brito, Eder Renato Merino
    Pages 53-72

  6. Coastal Storm Events and Associated Impacts on Oceanic Beaches Between Ilha Grande and Cabo Frio (RJ, Brazil)

    • Breylla Campos Carvalho, Thalles Augusto Abreu Araújo, Josefa Varela Guerra
    Pages 73-99

  7. Geomorphological Effects of Tropical Cyclones in Costa Rica, Central America

    • Adolfo Quesada-Román
    Pages 101-116

  8. Illumination Conditions at Mars and Their Relationships with Ice-Driven Morphology

    • Mauro G. Spagnuolo, Mara Mantegazza, Santiago H. Luna
    Pages 117-137

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 139-139
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About this book

This book presents varied geomorphological topics and planetary studies from different geomorphological regions analysed by young researchers from Latin America, from Costa Rica to southern Argentina, from the mountains to the oceans, and from the Caribbean to the Scotia tectonic plates. 
 
The six chapters included in this book originate from presentations made during the “IAG Central and South American Webinar” carried on in March 2021 for the commemoration of the “Geomorphology Week”, promoted by the International Association of Geomorphologists (IAG) and coordinated by the invited book editors. The chapters develop topics related to landforms and geomorphological processes originated by modern tectonics along a transform tectonic plate boundary, by cryo-snowy environments in the drier Central Andes, by fluvial and littoral processes in the Brazilian inland and the Atlantic coast, and by high runoff generated by storm-cells driving into mountainousand wooded terrains. New insights on Mars water features research are also included in the book. Several chapters refer to risk assessment for society or resource management considerations; other chapters refer to present or recent geomorphological processes but others do so to those developed in the Quaternary.  


Editors and Affiliations

  • CADIC-CONICET, Ushuaia, Argentina

    Andrea Coronato

  • IGEO, Universidade Federal de Bahía, Salvador, Brazil

    Grace B. Alves

About the editors

Andrea Coronato is full researcher (recently retired) at the Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Lab. at CADIC-CONICET and retired Full Professor of Physical Geography, Geomorphology and Landscapes at the University of Tierra del Fuego, both at Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. Her publications are available in several specialized, international journals. She is co-author of the Springer title Glaciations in North and South America from the Miocene to the Last Glacial Maximum: comparisons, linkages, and uncertainties (2012). Besides, has published several chapters in the titles:  Advances in Geomorphology and Quaternary Studies in Argentina. Selected papers of the VI Argentine Congress of Geomorphology and Quaternary Studies (2017), Advances in Geomorphology and Quaternary Studies in Argentina (2020 and 2021), Geological resources of Tierra del Fuego (2021), and Archaeology of Piedra Museo locality. An Open Window to the Early Population of Patagonia(2022).

Grace Bungenstab Alves is a Professor of Physical Geography at the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), Brazil. She holds a Ph.D. in Physical Geography from the University of São Paulo (USP) and specializes in studying the connections between soil and landforms in tropical landscapes. Additionally, she serves as the general secretary of the Geomorphology Brazilian Union (UGB) and is the Editor of the Revista Brasileira de Geomorfologia (Brazilian Journal of Geomorphology).



Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Latin American Geomorphology

  • Book Subtitle: From the Crust to Mars

  • Editors: Andrea Coronato, Grace B. Alves

  • Series Title: The Latin American Studies Book Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-55178-9

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-55177-2Published: 29 April 2024

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-55180-2Due: 11 June 2024

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-55178-9Published: 28 April 2024

  • Series ISSN: 2366-3421

  • Series E-ISSN: 2366-343X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 139

  • Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations, 64 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Geomorphology, Geology

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