A significant longshore transport divergence zone at the Northeastern Brazilian coast: Implications on coastal Quaternary evolution

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 505-518

  Bittencourt, Abílio C S P ^a   Martin, Louis ^b   Dominguez, José M L ^a   Silva, Iracema R ^a   Sousa, Daiana L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b CNPq   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Coastal Quaternary evolution; Littoral drift; Northeastern Brazilian coast; Numerical modelling; Wave refraction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040671744     PISSN: 00013765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0001-37652002000300012     Document Type: Article

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