Capítulos en libros (Ciencias del Mar)
Recent Submissions
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Evolution of Sandspits Along the Caribbean Coast of Colombia: Natural and Human Influences
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Beach Management Practices and Occupation Dynamics: An Agent- Based Modeling Study for the Coastal Town of Nags Head, NC,USA
(Springer, 2017-12-05)The analysis of interactions between human and natural systems is crucial for sound beach management practices. Those interactions can be simulated via agent-based modeling. Nevertheless, more work is needed to identify ... -
Paleogene Magmatism of the Maracaibo Block and its Tectonic SIgnificance
(2019-08-06)One of the main northern South American geological conundrums has been to establish the tectonic relationship between Caribbean and South American plates during Mesozoic and Cenozoic times. Based on the petrogenetic ... -
Beach Environmental Quality
(Springer, 2018-02-07)Environmental quality is a concept with a fuzzy definition in the literature, since beaches are moving between biocentrism approaches to sanitary parameters. Similarly, the general definition of beach quality helps to ... -
Chapter 1 Satellite-Based Estimation of Water Discharge and Runoff in the Magdalena River, Northern Andes of Colombia
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The Arboletes -Punta Rey Littoral, Southern Caribbean Coast
(Springer International Publishing, 2015-12-19)The Arboletes -Punta Rey littoral is a 5.5-km-long stretch of coast located at the southern Caribbean coast of Colombia, 80 km by car (paved road) to Montería . Geologically, it is located at terrains of the Sinú folded ... -
Physical and Morphological Changes to Wetlands Induced by Coastal Structures
(Springer, 2017-07-31)This document is focused on the establishment of a methodology to assess erosive processes in a coastal wetland. Particularly, it analyses the spit that separates the lagoon from the sea, elaborating a diagnostic process ... -
Satellite-Based Estimation of Water Discharge and Runoff in the Magdalena River, Northern Andes of Colombia
(Springer, 2017-01-01)Satellite-derived data provide important information about river characteristics such as channel geometry, water surface area, water levels, and floodplain extension (Rokni et al. 2015; Schumann and Moller 2015; Smith 1997) -
II Manual de Métodos en Teledetección Aplicada a la Prevención de Riesgos Naturales en el Litoral.
(Manuales CYTED, 2013-01-01)Este libro introduce los conceptos básicos necesarios para el análisis de los riesgos naturales en las zonas litorales, y a continuación desarrolla las metodologías modernas para la toma y el tratamiento de los datos necesarios ... -
Introducción a los Riesgos Naturales en el Litoral.
(Manuales CYTED, 2013-01-01)Se definen e ilustran los significados de los términos amenazas naturales y antrópicas, peligrosidad de las amenazas, susceptibilidad del territorio, vulnerabilidad, riesgo y catástrofe, entendidos en el marco del ... -
The rock coast of South and Central America
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Sediment transfers from the Andes of Colombia during the anthropocene
(Springer Verlag, 2019-01-01)This chapter reviews data, models, and analyses on Anthropocene-impacted sediment fluxes in the Andes of Colombia and provides examples on how direct human alteration has increased sediment flux during the last decades. ... -
The historical, geomorphological evolution of the Colombian littoral zones (Eighteenth Century to Present)
(Springer Verlag, 2019-01-01)The complex geological framework of Colombia is reflected on its Caribbean and Pacific coasts by the highly contrasting nature of their littoral types, ranging from low-relief deltaic barrier islands and mangrove swamps ... -
Paleogene magmatism of the Maracaibo Block and its tectonic significance
(Springer Verlag, 2019-01-01)One of the main northern South American geological conundrums has been to establish the tectonic relationship between Caribbean and South American plates during Mesozoic and Cenozoic times. Based on the petrogenetic ... -
The Historical, Geomorphological Evolution of the Colombian Littoral Zones ( Eighteenth Century to present)
(Springer, 2019-01-01)The complex geological framework of Colombia is reflected on its Caribbean and Pacific coasts by the highly contrasting nature of their littoral types, ranging from low-relief deltaic barrier islands and mangrove swamps ... -
Pacific Coast of Colombia
(Springer Netherlands, 2010-01-01)The Pacific coast of Colombia (for its Caribbean Coast, Caribbean Coast of Colombia) extends to the west of the Cordillera Occidental, the westernmost branch of the South American Andes. The region, known for its heavy ... -
Sedimentación Reciente de la Cuenca de Panamá y el márgen Pacífico Colombiano
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El sistema fluvial del Magdalena durante el Plioceno-Cuaternario: contexto tectónico y escenario paleoclimático
(Editorial EAFIT, 2005-01-01) -
Postglacial North Pacific
(Elsevier, 2013-01-01)Postglacial North Pacific paleoceanography is dominated by the ENSO system, which can acquire for centuries to thousands of years an El Niño-like or a La Niña-like dominant state. A La Niña-like (negative Pacific decadal ...
