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The lakes of the basin of Mexico [electronic resource] : dynamics of a lacustrine system and the evolution of a civilization / Carlos E. Cordova.

Cordova, Carlos E., 1965-
2022
QH107
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Title
The lakes of the basin of Mexico [electronic resource] : dynamics of a lacustrine system and the evolution of a civilization / Carlos E. Cordova.
Author
Cordova, Carlos E., 1965-
ISBN
9783031127335 (electronic bk.)
3031127331 (electronic bk.)
3031127323
9783031127328
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12733-5
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2022.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource
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10.1007/978-3-031-12733-5 doi
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QH107
Dewey Decimal Classification
560/.450972
Summary
This book is a review of research on the prehistoric and historic evolution of the Basin of Mexicos lacustrine systems since prehistoric times. Based on this review, the book presents a model of long and short-term natural lacustrine dynamics as the basis for understanding the processes of human adaptation and transformation of the lacustrine ecosystems of the Basin of Mexico. Although only remains of the former lakes exist, the book stresses the importance of the former lacustrine basins in areas of natural and cultural heritage. Many misconceptions and misinterpretations of the lakes exist due to little interdisciplinary work regarding the natural dynamics of the lakes and their control by human societies that affect our historical knowledge of the lacustrine systems that once existed in the Basin of Mexico. Therefore, the book attempts to not only feed into the local knowledge of the lakes, but also contribute to the worldwide knowledge of lacustrine dynamics and human populations that lived in and around them. The book will be of interest to geographers, geologists, archaeologists, natural historians and environmental scientists, and will be of further use to civil engineers who work on the problems of structural foundations and redesigning problems with flooding.
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Part I: The Lakes: Approaches and Records of their Past and Present
Chapter 1. Basin of Mexico and its lakes: Approaches and Research questions
Chapter 2. Resources for Reconstructing the Ancient Lakes
Chapter 3. Geographic Context and the Modern Environment
Chapter 4. Geological Evolution of the Lacustrine Basins
Chapter 5. Recent Sediments and Landforms
Chapter 6. Lacustrine Change in the Late Quaternary
Part II The lakes: Geography and Environmental Dynamics
Chapter 7. A Geographic Sketch of the Historic Lakes
Chapter 8. Models of Lacustrine Dynamics and Environments
Chapter 9. Cultural Features in the Lacustrine Realm
Chapter 10. Models of Lacustrine Features and Settlement Development
PART III Lacustrine Systems in the Evolution of Civilization
Chapter 11. From the Upper Pleistocene to the Agricultural Beginnings
Chapter 12. The Lakes during the Agricultural Era
Chapter 13. Late Aztec Settlement, Hydraulic Management, and Environment
Chapter 14. The Lakes after 1519: War, Floods, and Drainage
Chapter 15. Lacustrine Systems and Societies in the Basin of Mexico.

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