Mud deposit formation on the open coast of the larger Patos Lagoon-Cassino Beach system

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 572-588

  Vinzon, S B ^a   Winterwerp, J C ^b,c   Nogueira, R ^a   de Boer, G J ^b,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b WL DELFT HYDRAULICS   (Netherlands)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Muddy coasts; Numerical modeling; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

BEACH; BREAKWATER; CALIBRATION; COASTAL LAGOON; EKMAN TRANSPORT; ELEVATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OUTFLOW; RECIRCULATING SYSTEM; RIVER DISCHARGE; SALINITY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHELF WAVE; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; WATER EXCHANGE;

BRAZIL; CASSINO BEACH; PATOS LAGOON; RIO GRANDE DO SUL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 61349181811     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2008.09.021     Document Type: Article

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