Author: Watson Hiner MonroePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Karst
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Discussion of a solution landscape formed a tropical climate of moderately high rainfall.
The Karst Landforms of Puerto Rico
Author: Watson Hiner MonroePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Karst
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Discussion of a solution landscape formed a tropical climate of moderately high rainfall.
Puerto Rican Karst
Author: Ariel E. LugoPublisher:
ISBN: 9780756733063
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
The limestone region of PR covers about 27% of the island1s surface and has karst features. The karst belt (KB), that part of the northern limestone with the most spectacular karst landforms, covering 65% of the northern limestone, is the focus here. Chapters: geography; features: geomorphological, hydrological, and ecological diversity; nat1l. resources; econ. importance: water, other minerals, ag., forestry, and environ. disturbances; history of intensive use; vulnerable to human activity: cutting vs. paved over forests, draining vs. filling wetlands, conversion vs. trans1n. of land uses, pumping vs. overdrafting aquifers, contaminating vs. poisoning ground water, and surface water pollution; and proposal for transferring KB to the public domain. Color photos.
Coastal Karst Landforms
Author: Michael J. LacePublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9400750161
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 431
Book Description
Carbonate rock coasts are found world-wide, from continental shorelines of the Adriatic Sea of Europe to the Yucatan Peninsula of North America, and on tropical islands from Rodrigues Island in the Indian Ocean, to the Mariana Islands in the Pacific Ocean, to the Bahama Islands in the Atlantic Ocean. Such coasts are well known for their unusual and distinctive karst landforms. Karst processes, particularly those associated with coastal landforms, are proving to be surprisingly unique and complex. This volume presents a comprehensive overview of the processes associated with coastal karst development comparing examples from a broad geographical and geomorphological range of island and continental shoreline/paleoshoreline settings, including a review of pseudokarst processes that can compete with and overprint dynamic coastal karst landscapes. As effective management of hydrologic resources grows more complex, coastal caves and karst represent fundamental components in associated coastal aquifers, which in the rock record can also form significant petroleum reservoirs. Audience By providing a clearer understanding of the geological, biological, archaeological and cultural value of coastal caves and karst resources, this volume offers a critical tool to coastal researchers and geoscientists in related fields and to coastal land managers as it illustrates the diversity of coastal karst landforms, the unique processes which formed them, the diversity of resources they harbor and their relationship to coastal zone preservation strategies and the development of sustainable management approaches.
Soil survey of Puerto Rico
Author: Some Tropical Landforms of Puerto Rico
Author: Watson Hiner MonroePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Landforms
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Landforms on a tropical island in the belt of the easterly tradewinds.
Water-resources Investigations Report
Author: Geological Survey Professional Paper
Author: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper
Author: Geology of the Middle Tertiary Formations of Puerto Rico
Author: Watson Hiner MonroePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Formations (Geology)
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Description of the stratigraphy and structure of formations of Oligocene and Miocene age near the northern and southern coasts of Puerto Rico.
Geological Survey Professional Paper
Author: Geological Survey (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description