Due to the great geodiversity of Ecuador, it is not easy to present specific criteria related to
the actions and scope of the conservation of the geoheritage in this nation; however, despite …

Geodiversity is the variety of earth materials, forms and processes that constitute and shape
the Earth planet. Therefore, geodiversity includes essential for develo** nature-based …

The book focuses on geological history as the critical factor in determining the present
biodiversity and landscapes of Amazonia. The different driving mechanisms for landscape …

Abstract The Andes and the Amazon River have been neighbouring geographical and
geological features for at least the past 10 million years. However, the nature of the …

New field, geochronological, geochemical and biostratigraphical data indicate that the
central and northern parts of the Cordillera Occidental of the Andes of Ecuador comprise two …

Abstract The Andean Orogeny in South America has lasted over 100 Ma. It comprises the
Peruvian, Incaic and Quechuan phases. The Nazca and South American plates have been …

The Iquitos Arch corresponds to a broad topographic high in the Western Amazonia.
Morphostructural and geophysical data and flexural modeling show that the Iquitos Arch is …

The sub-Andean Huallaga basin is part of the modern retroforeland basin system of Peru. It
corresponds to a thrust-and-fold belt superimposed on inverted and halokinetic structures …

The Eocene to Oligocene sediments of the Ecuadorian Oriente Basin record two kinds of
second-order stratigraphic response to the tectonic evolution. Lower Eocene shows …

The eastern Ecuadorian Andes appear as a fold-and-thrust belt adjacent to a continental
foredeep represented by one of the world's largest tropical alluvial megafans, the Pastaza …