Tidal propagation over fluid mud layers on the Amazon shelf

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 113-125

  Gabioux, Mariela ^a   Vinzon, Susana B ^a   Paiva, Afonso M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon continental shelf; Bottom shear stress; Brazil; Fluid mud; Tides

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM STRESS; CONTINENTAL SHELF; MUDFLAT; SHEAR STRESS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TIDAL CURRENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZILIAN SHELF; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 10644239208     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2004.09.001     Document Type: Article

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