Landscapes and Landforms of Brazil

Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Brazil: A Land of Beautiful and Undiscovered Landscapes....Pages 3-7
Geological Background: A Tectonic Panorama of Brazil....Pages 9-17
Long-Term Geomorphological Evolution of the Brazilian Territory....Pages 19-31
Climates of Brazil: Past and Present....Pages 33-41
Front Matter....Pages 43-43
Discovery Coast: The Brazilian Landscape First Sighted by Europeans....Pages 45-54
The Todos os Santos Bay—An Ephemeral High-Stand Feature Incised into an Aborted Cretaceous Rift....Pages 55-63
Brazil in the South Atlantic: The Fernando de Noronha and Trindade Archipelagos....Pages 65-77
The Lençóis Maranhenses: A Paradise of Dunes and Ponds....Pages 79-90
One Island, Many Landscapes: Santa Catarina Island, Southern Brazilian Coast....Pages 91-102
Antonina Bay and Superagui Island: A Mosaic of Mountains, Coastal Plain, and Atlantic Forest....Pages 103-113
The Bertioga Coastal Plain: An Example of Morphotectonic Evolution....Pages 115-134
Brazilian Pantanal: A Large Pristine Tropical Wetland....Pages 135-146
Potiguar Basin: Diversity of Landscapes in the Brazilian Equatorial Margin....Pages 147-156
The Anavilhanas and Mariuá Archipelagos: Fluvial Wonders from the Negro River, Amazon Basin....Pages 157-169
The Rio Peruaçu Basin: An Impressive Multiphased Karst System....Pages 171-181
Lagoa Santa Karst: Cradle of Brazilian Cave Studies....Pages 183-190
Jalapão: Sedimentary Heritages in Central Brazil....Pages 191-200
Chapada das Mesas: Unknown Geomorphological Heritage....Pages 201-210
Chapada Diamantina: A Remarkable Landscape Dominated by Mountains and Plateaus....Pages 211-220
Chapada dos Veadeiros: The Highest Landscapes in the Brazilian Central Plateau....Pages 221-230
Front Matter....Pages 43-43
Chapada Do Araripe: A Highland Oasis Incrusted into the Semi-arid Region of Northeastern Brazil....Pages 231-242
Stone and Sand Ruins in the Drylands of Brazil: The Rustic Landscapes of Catimbau National Park....Pages 243-251
Serra Da Capivara National Park: Ruinform Landscapes on The Parnaiba Cuesta ....Pages 253-263
Tepequém Mountains: A Relict Landscape in the Northern Amazon....Pages 265-272
Carajás National Forest: Iron Ore Plateaus and Caves in Southeastern Amazon....Pages 273-283
Serra do Mar: The Most “Tormented” Relief in Brazil....Pages 285-297
Itatiaia Massif: Morphogenesis of Southeastern Brazilian Highlands....Pages 299-308
Southern Plateau and Itaimbezinho Canyon....Pages 309-318
‘Quadrilátero Ferrífero’: A Beautiful and Neglected Landscape Between the Gold and Iron Ore Reservoirs....Pages 319-330
Campos Gerais of Paraná: A Regional Palimpsest....Pages 331-338
Foz do Iguaçú: Geomorphological Context of the Iguaçú Falls....Pages 339-347
The Canastra Range: On the Way to São Francisco River Spring....Pages 349-357
Southern Serra do Espinhaço: The Impressive Plateau of Quartzite Ridges....Pages 359-370
Itatim Geomorphological Site: Largest Concentration of Inselbergs in Brazil....Pages 371-380
Pancas: The Kingdom of Bornhardts....Pages 381-388
The Guanabara Bay, a Giant Body of Water Surrounded by Mountains in the Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Area....Pages 389-399
Back Matter....Pages 401-403