Modeling the sediment concentration profiles at the Amazon Shelf

Proceedings in Marine Science

Volumn 5, Issue C, 2002, Pages 687-702

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

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon shelf; Cohesive sediment dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 10644297054     PISSN: 15682692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1568-2692(02)80048-1     Document Type: Chapter

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