Spatial and temporal variability of seawater properties, current velocity and SPM concentration off Cassino Beach-Rio Grande-Southern Brazil

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 530-544

  Guerra, Josefa V ^a   Azevedo, Marcelo M ^b   Esteves, Luciana S ^c   Vinzon, Susana B ^d   Violante Carvalho, Nelson ^a   Schettini, Carlos Augusto F ^e   Oliveira, Roberto F ^a   Zaleski, Aleksandro R ^f  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UN RNCE/SMS/Licenciamento Marítimo ^*  (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO ITAJAÍ   (Brazil)

^f TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cassino beach; Cassino Experiment; Coastal processes; Inner shelf circulation; Low frequency oscillations; Mixed sediments; Rio Grande; River derived suspended particulate matter; Sediment resuspension; Southern Brazil

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; OUTFLOW; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESUSPENSION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEAWATER; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES; WATER COLUMN; WATER TEMPERATURE;

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

EID: 61549127247     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2008.09.010     Document Type: Article

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