Snowline depression in the tropics during the Last Glaciation

SC Porter - Quaternary science reviews, 2000‏ - Elsevier
Five primary methods have been used to reconstruct Pleistocene snowlines or equilibrium-
line altitudes (ELAs) in the tropics (23.5° N–23.5° S) during the last glaciation, but each has …

The deglaciation of the Americas during the Last Glacial Termination

D Palacios, CR Stokes, FM Phillips, JJ Clague… - Earth-Science …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
This paper reviews current understanding of deglaciation in North, Central and South
America from the Last Glacial Maximum to the beginning of the Holocene. Together with …

[PDF][PDF] The geomorphology and physiographic provinces of Central America

JS Marshall - Central America: geology, resources and hazards, 2007‏ - researchgate.net
Central America encompasses an intricate mosaic of dynamic landscapes shaped by a wide
range of Earth surface processes. Few other regions worldwide exhibit a comparable …

Cenozoic biogeography and evolution in direct-develo** frogs of Central America (Leptodactylidae: Eleutherodactylus) as inferred from a phylogenetic analysis of …

AJ Crawford, EN Smith - Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 2005‏ - Elsevier
We report the first phylogenetic analysis of DNA sequence data for the Central American
component of the genus Eleutherodactylus (Anura: Leptodactylidae: Eleutherodactylinae) …

[HTML][HTML] Map** Mountain landforms and its dynamics: study cases in tropical environments

N Campos, A Quesada-Román, S Granados-Bolaños - Applied Sciences, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
High mountain areas are critical for water security and natural hazard dynamics, as well as
glacier and ecosystem conservation in a warming world. We present a brief account of the …

Prehistory of native Americans on the Central American land bridge: Colonization, dispersal, and divergence

R Cooke - Journal of Archaeological Research, 2005‏ - Springer
Abstract The Central American land bridge has served as a passageway for animals and
humans moving between North and South America. Nevertheless, after the first waves of …

Lakes in Costa Rica

SP Horn, G Umaña-Villalobos, KA Haberyan - Landscapes and Landforms …, 2024‏ - Springer
Abstract Lakes occur throughout Costa Rica, in a variety of geomorphic settings. Nearly
every possible mode of lake formation has occurred, involving processes related to …

A 2-D numerical model of snow/ice energy balance and ice flow for paleoclimatic interpretation of glacial geomorphic features

MA Plummer, FM Phillips - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2003‏ - Elsevier
Standard methods of interpreting the paleoclimates recorded in alpine glacial geomorphic
features rely on estimates of paleoglacier shape, commonly assume that relationships …

Landslides and floods zonation using geomorphological analyses in a dynamic catchment of Costa Rica

A Quesada-Román - Revista cartográfica, 2021‏ - scielo.org.mx
During the last decades, the number of floods and landslides events have been growing
every year in Costa Rica, both in urban and rural areas. Despite of the geomorphological …

Uranium–thorium chronometry of weathering rinds: rock alteration rate and paleo-isotopic record of weathering fluids

E Pelt, F Chabaux, C Innocent… - Earth and Planetary …, 2008‏ - Elsevier
The potential of 238U–234U–230Th chronometry for constraining the formation rate of
weathering rinds developed on fresh rocks is assessed by analyzing a weathering rind on a …