Glacial geomorphology of the Chirripó National Park, Costa Rica

 

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Autors: Quesada Román, Adolfo, Ballesteros Cánovas, Juan Antonio, Stoffel, Markus, Zamorano Orozco, José Juan
Format: artículo de datos
Data de publicació:2019
Descripció:Several regions of tropical America show imprints of past glacial activity. These relict landforms can support the understanding of past climate conditions, such as during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), and the implications that these paleoclimatic conditions could have had on landscape change. Here, we present and analyze glacial morphologies for the Chirripó National Park in Costa Rica based on aerial imagery (1:25,000), detailed Digital Elevation Models, geomorphic mapping, as well as geomorphic assessments in the field to determine and validate landforms. This study adds valuable insights into the reconstruction of the maximum expansion of tropical glaciation during the LGM in Costa Rica and into tropical America glacial landscapes in general.
Pais:Kérwá
Institution:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Kérwá
Idioma:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:kerwa.ucr.ac.cr:10669/86944
Accés en línia:https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/tjom20
https://hdl.handle.net/10669/86944
Paraula clau:Geomorphological mapping
Last Glacial Maximum
Tropical mountains
CENTRAL AMERICA
Late quaternary
Glaciation
TROPICS