Geomorphological Hazards in Costa Rica: Upper General River Basin
In tropical countries as Costa Rica, landslides and floods are triggered by intense precipitation events, weathering, rock control, seismicity, morphology and the slope angle. The recurrence and magnitude of these processes provoke economic losses and casualties in the communities of the Upper Gene...
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| author | Adolfo Quesada-Román José Juan Zamorano Orozco |
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| description | In tropical countries as Costa Rica, landslides and floods are triggered by intense precipitation events, weathering, rock control, seismicity, morphology and the slope angle. The recurrence and magnitude of these processes provoke
economic losses and casualties in the communities of the Upper General River Basin in the center-south of the country.
The current work determines based on morphogenetic and morphometric maps, the higher susceptibility zones affected
by these geomorphological hazards. In the past events such as the Buenavista earthquake (1983), hurricanes Joan (1988),
César (1996), tropical storm Alma (2008), and hurricane Nate (2017) caused human losses and serious economic damage
to vital lines (roads, electric lines, and aqueducts) as well as in the agricultural sector |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0e12a9a822f047f0b889e57b17e0317d2023-01-02T05:34:47ZengUniversidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroAnuário do Instituto de Geociências0101-97591982-39082019-03-01413239251http://dx.doi.org/10.11137/2018_3_239_251Geomorphological Hazards in Costa Rica: Upper General River BasinAdolfo Quesada-Román0José Juan Zamorano Orozco1University of Geneva, Universidad de Costa RicaUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoIn tropical countries as Costa Rica, landslides and floods are triggered by intense precipitation events, weathering, rock control, seismicity, morphology and the slope angle. The recurrence and magnitude of these processes provoke economic losses and casualties in the communities of the Upper General River Basin in the center-south of the country. The current work determines based on morphogenetic and morphometric maps, the higher susceptibility zones affected by these geomorphological hazards. In the past events such as the Buenavista earthquake (1983), hurricanes Joan (1988), César (1996), tropical storm Alma (2008), and hurricane Nate (2017) caused human losses and serious economic damage to vital lines (roads, electric lines, and aqueducts) as well as in the agricultural sectorhttp://www.anuario.igeo.ufrj.br/2018_03/2018_3_239_251.pdfGeomorphogical mappingMorphometryFloodsLandslides |
| spellingShingle | Adolfo Quesada-Román José Juan Zamorano Orozco Geomorphological Hazards in Costa Rica: Upper General River Basin Anuário do Instituto de Geociências Geomorphogical mapping Morphometry Floods Landslides |
| title | Geomorphological Hazards in Costa Rica: Upper General River Basin |
| title_full | Geomorphological Hazards in Costa Rica: Upper General River Basin |
| title_fullStr | Geomorphological Hazards in Costa Rica: Upper General River Basin |
| title_full_unstemmed | Geomorphological Hazards in Costa Rica: Upper General River Basin |
| title_short | Geomorphological Hazards in Costa Rica: Upper General River Basin |
| title_sort | geomorphological hazards in costa rica upper general river basin |
| topic | Geomorphogical mapping Morphometry Floods Landslides |
| url | http://www.anuario.igeo.ufrj.br/2018_03/2018_3_239_251.pdf |
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