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

Mangroves are widely recognised as key ecosystems for climate change mitigation as they
capture and store significant amounts of sediment organic carbon (SOC). Yet, there is …

Biodiversity is an essential component of nature, relegating the aspects of geodiversity,
which provides geological and landscape variety to a territory. However, the importance of …

The evaluation of geosites is an essential part of conserving the geodiversity and
biodiversity of an ecosystem, as well as safeguarding the cultural, geological …

The SW of Ecuador offers a great opportunity to study the long-term behavior of an almost
entire forearc system, from the external accretionary prism to the landward limit of the forearc …

La agresividad de la lluvia contribuye a la erosividad del suelo en regiones de alta
montaña, y por tal a la sedimentación en la parte baja de la cuenca. La reducción de …

Abstract The offshore Tumbes-Guayaquil forearc basin in the accretionary prism of Northern
Peru-Southern Ecuador shows evidence of gravity-driven large-scale deformation systems …

Over the period 2016-2022 environmental data were obtained at four points in the northern
section of the tropical Estero Salado (ES), the inner coastal lagoon that flows through …

The transition between a tide-dominated estuary and a tide-dominated delta, which is
observed in modern settings and repeatedly throughout the geologic record, is a critical …

There is an extensive scientific literature that shows the importance of estuaries and near-
shore waters in providing natural resources, with associated significant impacts on local …