Longitudinal salt and sediment fluxes in a tropical estuary: Itamaracá, Brazil

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 751-758

  Medeiros, Carmen ^a,d   Kjerfve, Björn ^b,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Dispersion; Shear effects; Tidal pumping

Indexed keywords

ESTUARY; SALINITY; SEDIMENTATION;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 23044463300     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/005-NIS.1     Document Type: Article

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