Geoenvironmental Changes in the Cordillera Blanca, Peru PDF Download

Are you looking for read ebook online? Search for your book and save it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Download Geoenvironmental Changes in the Cordillera Blanca, Peru PDF full book. Access full book title Geoenvironmental Changes in the Cordillera Blanca, Peru by Vít Vilímek. Download full books in PDF and EPUB format.

Geoenvironmental Changes in the Cordillera Blanca, Peru

Geoenvironmental Changes in the Cordillera Blanca, Peru PDF Author: Vít Vilímek
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3031582454
Category : Blanca, Cordillera (Peru)
Languages : en
Pages : 312

Get Book Here

Book Description
This book focuses on Perus highest and most glacierized mountain range the Cordillera Blanca. This mountain range experienced numerous disasters in the past (e.g. lake Palcacocha outburst in 1941, earthquake-induced ice and rock avalanche from Mt. Huascarn in 1970) and attracted the attention of researchers from around the world.The 15 chapters of the book span from broadly thematic topics of geology, geomorphology, climate, hydrology and hydrogeology, lakes, glaciation, and environmental settings to more specific topics and emergent themes of relevance for the Cordillera Blanca, including studies of various types of natural hazards (landslides, GLOFs). While most of the chapters focus on biophysical processes of the natural environment, several chapters explore the complex interactions between humans and environmental factors, providing insights and perspectives from social science and the humanities. This book is unprecedently comprehensive overview of the state-of-the-art knowledge about the geo-environmental changes in the Cordillera Blanca.