Sediment exchange between Amazon mudbanks and shore-fringing mangroves in French Guiana

Marine Geology

Volumn 208, Issue 2-4, 2004, Pages 169-190

  Allison, Mead A ^a   Lee, Michael T ^b  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon River; French Guiana; mudbanks; sedimentation

Indexed keywords

MUDBANKS; SEDIMENT CORES; TIME-SERIES REMOTE SENSING; WATER COLUMNS;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); BEACHES; DATA REDUCTION; EROSION; EXTRAPOLATION; FLUIDS; MARINE APPLICATIONS; REMOTE SENSING; SEDIMENT TRAPS; SEDIMENTS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); WATER;

GEOLOGY;

MANGROVE; MUDBANK; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

FRENCH GUIANA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 3543081029     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2004.04.026     Document Type: Conference Paper

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