Geomorphology and Volcanology of Costa Rica

Jean Pierre Bergoeing is a French Geomorphologist and polyglot, studied at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. He continued his studies at the University of Aix-Marseille II, France, where he successively obtained a Master's degree in Physical Geography (1972), a 3rd cycle Doctorate in Geomorphology (1975) and finally a State Doctorate in Letters and Human Sciences (1987). His career has developed in three continents, America, Europe and Africa. He has been Professor of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Nantes University of France, Abdou Moumouni University of Niamey, Niger, and the University of Costa Rica. He has also worked for the French Government as international aid worker and later served a diplomatic career as a Scientific and Technical cooperation Attaché. He is the author of several books and numerous publications in international journals, and geomorphic maps on Chile, Costa Rica, Central America, Africa and Europe – including Geomorphology of Central America (Elsevier, June 2015).

1. Major Structural Units of Costa Rica2. Natural Shape Types in Costa Rica3. Regional Study of Large Morphological Units and the Coast4. The Central Volcanic Mountain Range5. Central Valley Geomorphology6. Tilaran Mountain Range7. Guanacaste Volcanic Mountain Range8. Geomorphology of Guanacaste9. Coastal Geomorphology of Costa Rica10. Cocos Island Geomorphology11. Costa Rica Quaternary Chronology Proposal