Holocene coastal tectonics in NE Brazil

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 146, Issue , 1998, Pages 279-293

  Bezerra, Francisco H R ^a,b   Lima Filho, Francisco P ^a   Amaral, Ricardo F ^a   Caldas, Luciano H O ^a   Costa Neto, Leão X ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Esc Tecnica Fed Rio Grande do N   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEACHROCK; HOLOCENE; NEOTECTONICS; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TERRACE;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0032297214     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.146.01.17     Document Type: Article

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