Geometry and evolution of Holocene transgressive and regressive barriers on the semi-arid coast of NE Brazil

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 249-263

  Henrique de Oliveira Caldas, Luciano ^a,c   Gomes de Oliveira Jr , Josibel ^a,d   Eugênio de Medeiros, Walter ^a   Stattegger, Karl ^b   Vital, Helenice ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

^d CGG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; COASTAL ZONES; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; STRATIGRAPHY;

RADIOCARBON DATING; REGRESSIVE BARRIER; TRANSGRESSIVE BARRIER; VIBRACORES DATA;

COASTAL ENGINEERING;

BARRIER ISLAND; COASTAL EVOLUTION; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; HIGHSTAND; HOLOCENE; TRANSGRESSION-REGRESSION CYCLE;

BRAZIL; RIO GRANDE DO NORTE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33750056980     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00367-006-0034-2     Document Type: Article

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