Material exchange between the continental shelf and mangrove-fringed coasts with special reference to the Amazon-Guianas coast

Marine Geology

Volumn 208, Issue 2-4, 2004, Pages 115-126

  Baltzer, Frédéric ^a   Allison, Mead ^b   Fromard, François ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b Tulane University   (United States)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Amazon; biogeochemistry; coastal dynamics; Guiana; mangroves; mud bank

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS; DISSOLVED IONS; RESUSPENSION; SHORELINES;

COASTAL ZONES; DEPOSITS; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; FLUIDS; GEOLOGY; IONS; ORGANIC MINERALS; RECYCLING; SEDIMENTS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TIDAL POWER; WATER WAVES;

MARINE APPLICATIONS;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEPOSITION; MANGROVE; MUD; RESUSPENSION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 3543054088     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2004.04.024     Document Type: Conference Paper

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