
handle: 10261/117632
[ES] La Geomorfología es una ciencia muy compleja desarrollada entre la Geografía y la Geología, con el objetivo de estudiar y explicar las formas de relieve a diferentes escalas espaciales y temporales. Este trabajo revisa aquellos aspectos que confirman la necesidad de ser global en Geomorfología. Las formas de relieve son el resultado de la actividad de procesos geomórficos sobre una estructura geológica durante un periodo de tiempo muy variable. Cada forma de relieve es consecuencia de una interacción compleja entre sustrato rocoso, disposición estructural, clima, actividad biológica, procesos geomórficos y tiempo. El papel de los geomorfólogos es desentrañar esa complejidad a partir del relieve actual, en el que los restos de formas de relieve y depósitos de diferente origen dan lugar a un palimpsesto en el que la mayor parte de la información ha desaparecido. La interpretación del relieve y su dinámica necesita análisis detallados y el empleo creciente de técnicas ligadas a ordenadores (teledetección y SIG), y especialmente una perspectiva global para interpretar el relieve y su dinámica. La colaboración con ecólogos ha contribuido a ampliar la función de los geomorfólogos en los estudios ambientales.
[EN] Geomorphology is a highly complex science that involves elements of geography and geology, and concerns the study of, and explanations for, landforms at various temporal and spatial scales. This review focuses on those aspects of geomorphology that highlight its global importance. Landforms are the result of the activity of geomorphic processes on geological structures, occurring over varying time scales. Each landform is the consequence of a complex interaction between bedrock, changing climate, biological activity, geomorphic processes and time. The role of geomorphologists is to unravel this complexity from the relief, where the remnants of past deposits and landforms constitute a palimpsest from which most information has disappeared. Interpreting the relief and its dynamics necessitates detailed analysis, increasing use of remote sensing and GIS techniques, and especially a global perspective. The collaboration of geomorphologists with ecologists has contributed to enhance the role of geomorphologists in environmental studies.
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Paisaje, Ciencia global, escala de cuencas, Catchment scale, global science, formas de relieve, paisaje, geomorphology, landscape, landforms, geomorfología
Paisaje, Ciencia global, escala de cuencas, Catchment scale, global science, formas de relieve, paisaje, geomorphology, landscape, landforms, geomorfología
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