Seasonal and interannual influences on the patterns of shoreline changes in Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1076-1093

  Esteves, Luciana S ^a   Williams, Jon J ^b   Dillenburg, Sérgio R ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Beach erosion; DGPS; El Ni o; Longshore sediment transport; Storms

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; DGPS; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GRAIN SIZE; HYDRODYNAMIC FORCE; LONGSHORE TRANSPORT; METEOROLOGY; ORIENTATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHORELINE CHANGE; SPATIAL VARIATION; STORM; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

BRAZIL; RIO GRANDE DO SUL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33750050870     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/04-0227R.1     Document Type: Article

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