The coast and shelf of east and northeast Brazil and material transport

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 171-178

  Knoppers, B ^a   Ekau, W ^b   Figueiredo, A G ^a  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZIL SHELF;

EID: 0033384316     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003670050106     Document Type: Review

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