Landscapes and Landforms of Costa Rica

The book presents a general to detailed perspective of the most updated geomorphological works in Costa Rica. The book will be very interesting for professionals, researchers, general public, and students.

Detailed perspective of the most updated geomorphological works in Costa Rica Highly illustrated Valuable reference for geologists, geomorphologists and geotourists

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Introduction: Landscapes and Landforms of Costa Rica.- A synopsis of the Geology, Geotectonic and Geological History of Costa Rica.- Morphotectonic regions of Costa Rica: A review and updated classification.- Volcanic geomorphology of Costa Rica.- Mass movements dynamics and morphologies in Costa Rica.- Fluvial landscapes of Costa Rica: An overview of dynamic rivers.- Lakes in Costa Rica.- Main karstic landscapes and caves of Costa Rica.- Glacial and periglacial landscapes in Costa Rica.- Coastal and shallow marine geomorphology of Costa Rica.- A Costa Rican Biological Puzzle The geological, landscape, and vicariance history as a conditioning of the past and present biogeography.- Agricultural Landscapes of Costa Rica.- Anthropogenic geomorphology of Costa Rica.- Geoheritage, geoconservation, and geotourism promotion in Costa Rica.- Biogeomorphological evolution of Arenal stratovolcano: A field laboratory to investigate relationships between volcanic activity, erosion, and vegetation succession.- Tectonic geomorphology of the Fortuna Fault and the Venado Transtensive System, Northern Costa Rica.- Geomorphology and morphometric aspects of the upper region of the Barva Volcano, Costa Rica.- Geomorphology and slope instability in a densely populated county such as Escazú, San José, Costa Rica.- Caves in volcanic terrains in Costa Rica with the description of new volcano-speleogenetic mechanisms.- Landslides of the Middle Reventazón catchment lithological and topographic controls.- Geomorphology of the Caribbean coastal plains of northern Costa Rica: the realm of avulsive fluvial systems.- Highly weathered soils landscapes of Costa Rica.