Landforms and Landscape Evolution of the Equatorial Margin of Northeast Brazil

Landforms and Landscape Evolution of the Equatorial Margin of Northeast Brazil

An Overview

Peulvast, Jean-Pierre; Betard, Francois

Springer International Publishing AG

10/2016

186

Mole

Inglês

9783319382760

15 a 20 dias

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.
Introduction.- Presentation and Methodological Remarks.- Geological Setting: The Borborema Province.-Morphostructural Patterns: The Determining Influence of an Aborted Rift Zone in the Regional Organization of Landforms.- Stepped Surfaces, Palaeolandforms and Morphostratigraphy: Reconstructing the Long-Term Landscape Evolution since the Mesozoic.- Evolving Landscapes: The Influence of Neotectonics and Late Cenozoic Climatic Changes.- Concluding Remarks and Perspectives.
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