Contribution of landform analysis to the study of vegetation in arid zones (Cerro Zonda, San Juan, Argentina)

FLORES DANIEL; OCAÑA EMMANUEL; RODRÍGUEZ AIXA INÉS

Advances in Geomorphology and Quaternary Studies in Argentina - Proceedings of the Seventh Argentine Geomorphology and Quaternary Studies Congress

Springer

Lugar: Puerto Madryn; Año: 2021; p. 120 - 153

The aim of this work is to expand on the traditional method of examining the properties of the landforms and vegetation separately, considering that variations of geomorphological processes explain the vegetation distribution patterns. The methodology combines the analysis of Google Earth images, the processing of DEM and exhaustive field work. The geomorphological analysis five units: (a) Pediment of mountain upland; (b) Active landforms; (c) Inactive landforms; (d) Inactive landforms raised by neotectonic activity and The aim of this work is to expand on the traditional method of examining the properties of the landforms and vegetation separately, considering that variations of geomorphological processes explain the vegetation distribution patterns. The methodology combines the analysis of Google Earth images, the processing of DEM and exhaustive field work. The geomorphological analysis five units: (a) Pediment of mountain upland; (b) Active landforms; (c) Inactive landforms; (d) Inactive landforms raised by neotectonic activity and