Mid to late Holocene evolution of transgressive dunefields from Rio Grande do Sul coast, southern Brazil

Marine Geology

Volumn 256, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 49-64

  Martinho, Caroline T ^a   Dillenburg, Sérgio R ^a   Hesp, Patrick A ^b  

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

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

mid to late Holocene; radiocarbon dates; Rio Grande do Sul coast; stratigraphic analysis; transgressive dunefields evolution

Indexed keywords

MID TO LATE HOLOCENE; RADIOCARBON DATES; RIO GRANDE DO SUL COAST; STRATIGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; TRANSGRESSIVE DUNEFIELDS EVOLUTION;

LANDFORMS; RAPID SOLIDIFICATION; SOILS; STABILIZATION; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANIC ROCKS; WEATHERING;

BACKPROPAGATION;

COASTAL ZONE; DUNE FIELD; FACIES; HOLOCENE; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; RADIOCARBON DATING; RETROGRESSION; STRATIGRAPHY;

BRAZIL; RIO GRANDE DO SUL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 56949105967     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2008.09.006     Document Type: Article

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