Geological origins of sugarloaf mountains in eastern Brazil and their environmental significance as refugia for the Mata Atlantica rainforest
Sugarloaf mountains (inselbergs) are steep-sided, dome-shaped mountains often standing in isolation from the surrounding plains. Although principally recognised in Africa and Australia, the geological and geomorphological development of Brazilian sugarloaf mountains along the eastern Atlantic margin...
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University of Leicester
2014
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Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.617635 |