Observations of sediment transport on the Amazon subaqueous delta

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 16, Issue 5-6, 1996, Pages 697-715

  Sternberg, R W ^a   Cacchione, D A ^b   Paulson, B ^c   Kineke, G C ^a,d   Drake, D E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c CH2M HILL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMAZON SUBAQUEOUS; DELTAS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

THORIUM;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; DELTA; DELTAIC SEDIMENTATION; DEPOSITION; RESUSPENSION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUBAQUEOUS DELTA; SURFACE GRAVITY WAVE; TIDAL CURRENT;

BOUNDARY LAYER; BRAZIL; CONTINENTAL SHELF; FLUID FLOW; GRAVITY; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION;

ATLANTIC, AMAZON CONTINENTAL SHELF; BRAZIL, AMAZON DELTA;

EID: 0029656630     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0278-4343(95)00045-3     Document Type: Article

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