Irasema Alcántara-Ayala

Specialisation

Geomorphology

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Short curriculum vitae

Present position: Professor (Research), Institute of Geography, National University of Mexico, UNAM.

First degree: Geography (BSc), National University of Mexico (UNAM).

Ph.D. degree (1997): Modelling mass movement risk under semi-arid mountainous conditions: the Alpujarride Complex, Spain, University of London, King’s College London

Lugo, J., Zamorano, J.J., Capra, L., Inbar, M., Alcántara-Ayala, I. 2005. Los procesos de remoción en masa en la Sierra Norte de Puebla, octubre de 1999, causas y efectos, Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas, Instituto de Geología, 22, 2, 212-228.

Alcántara-Ayala, I., Esteban-Chávez, O., Parrot, J.F. 2006. Landsliding related to land-cover change: A diachronic analysis of hillslope instability distribution in the Sierra Norte, Puebla, Mexico, CATENA, 65, 2, 152-165.

Hudson, P., Alcántara-Ayala, I. 2006. Ancient and Modern Perspectives on Land Degradation, CATENA, 65, 2, 102-106.

Alcántara-Ayala, I., 2006. Stripping off the invisibility cloak of landforms and processes: A taste of the tropical flavour of geomorphology, Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography , 27, 2, 128-130.

Borja-Baeza, R.C., Esteban-Chávez, O, Marcos-López, J., Peña-Garnica, R.J., Alcántara-Ayala, I., 2006. Slope Instability on Pyroclastic Deposits: Landslide Distribution and Risk Mapping in Zacapoaxtla, Sierra Norte De Puebla, Mexico, Journal of Mountain Science, 3, 1, 1-19.