Pathways of clay mineral transport in the coastal zone of the Brazilian continental shelf from Ceará to the mouth of the Amazon River

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 16-22

  de Morais, J O ^a   Tintelnot, M ^b   Irion, Georg ^c   Souza Pinheiro, L ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b Department of Marine Research ^*  (Germany)

^c SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAGULATION; COASTAL ZONES; COMPOSITION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION;

CLAY MINERAL COMPOSITION; CLAY MINERAL TRANSPORT; SELECTIVE COAGULATION;

CLAY MINERALS;

CLAY MINERAL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

EID: 33644505159     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00367-005-0011-1     Document Type: Article

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