Geomorphology of the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica

 

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Autores: Quesada Román, Adolfo, Pérez Briceño, Paula Marcela
Formato: artículo original
Fecha de Publicación:2019
Descripción:Costa Rica’s Caribbean coastline is the result of a complex tectonic setting coupled with dynamic geological, climatological, hydrological and ecological processes. Despite their importance in risk prevention and in land use planning, geomorphological maps at detailed scales are scarce in Costa Rica. A geomorphology map of 210 km of the Caribbean coastline was produced at a scale of 1: 25,000 with a 1: 50,000 scale output map. Eleven landforms were mapped and described based upon their morphogenesis (i.e. tectonic, volcanic, fluvial and/or coastal). This work is an important base for coastal management, and is a compilation of the best existing knowledge of the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica.
País:Kérwá
Institución:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Kérwá
OAI Identifier:oai:kerwa.ucr.ac.cr:10669/79904
Acceso en línea:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17445647.2019.1600592
https://hdl.handle.net/10669/79904
Palabra clave:Geomorphological mapping
Coastal geomorphology
Fluvial geomorphology
Coastal management
Caribbean Sea
Central America