Physical and biological controls on the formation of carbonate and siliciclastic bedforms on the north-east Brazilian shelf

Sedimentology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 279-301

  Testa, Viviane ^a   Bosence, Daniel W J ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bedforms; Carbonate shelf; Current dominated; North east Brazil; Sand ribbons

Indexed keywords

BEDFORM; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CARBONATE; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0032996999     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.1999.00213.x     Document Type: Article

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