Morphology and modern sedimentary deposits of the macrotidal Marapanim Estuary (Amazon, Brazil)

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 619-631

  Araújo da Silva, Cléa ^a   Souza Filho, Pedro Walfir M ^a   Rodrigues, Suzan W P ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon coast; Geomorphology; Macrotidal Estuary; Morphostratigraphy units; Recent sedimentary facies

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; COLONIZATION; DEPOSITION; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; ESTUARY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRAVEL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MANGROVE; ORGANIC MATTER; REMOTE SENSING; SANDSTONE; ZONATION;

AMAZON RIVER; SOUTH AMERICA;

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 61349197463     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2008.09.018     Document Type: Article

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