Morphology of subaqueous dunes at the mouth of the Dammed River São Francisco (Brazil)

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1580-1590

  Traini, Camille ^a   Schrottke, Kerstin ^a   Stattegger, Karl ^a   Dominguez, JoséMaria Landim ^b   Guimarães, Junia Kacenelenbogen ^b   Vital, Helenice ^c   Beserra, Diegod'Avila ^c   Da Silva, AndréGiskard Aquino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

ADCP; Grain size; Parametric sediment echo sounder; River discharge; Side scan sonar

Indexed keywords

COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; DUNE; ECHO SOUNDER; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GRAIN SIZE; MORPHOLOGY; RIVER DISCHARGE; SIDESCAN SONAR; TIDAL CURRENT;

BRAZIL; SAO FRANCISCO BASIN; SAO FRANCISCO RIVER;

EID: 84870229101     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-10-00195.1     Document Type: Article

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