Beach ridges, foredunes or transgressive dunefields? Definitions and an examination of the Torres to Tramandaí barrier system, Southern Brazil

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 493-508

  Hesp, Patrick A ^a   Dillenburg, Sergio R ^b   Barboza, Eduardo G ^b   Tomazelli, Luiz J ^b   Ayup Zouain, Ricardo N ^b   Esteves, Luciana S ^c   Gruber, Nelson L S ^b   Toldo Jr , Elirio E ^b   Tabajara, Luiz L C De A ^b   Clerot, Luiz C P ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Beach ridges; Coastal barriers; Holocene; Southern Brazil; Transgressive dunefields

Indexed keywords

EID: 24344442825     PISSN: 00013765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0001-37652005000300010     Document Type: Article

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