Evidence for a transgressive barrier within a regressive strandplain system: Implications for complex coastal response to environmental change

Sedimentology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 469-502

  Hein, Christopher J ^a,e   Fitzgerald, Duncan M ^a   Cleary, William J ^b   Albernaz, Marcio B ^c,f   De Menezes, Joao Thadeu ^c   Klein, Antonio H da F ^d  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO ITAJAÍ   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^e WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^f DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Barrier island; Brazil; Progradation; Regression; Sea level change; Strandplain; Transgression

Indexed keywords

BARRIER ISLAND; BRAZIL; PROGRADATION; REGRESSION; SEALEVEL CHANGE; STRANDPLAIN; TRANSGRESSION;

BEACHES; SEDIMENTS; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

SEA LEVEL;

BARRIER ISLAND; COASTAL EVOLUTION; COASTAL SEDIMENT; PROGRADATION; REGRESSION; SHORELINE CHANGE; TRANSGRESSION;

BRAZIL;

EID: 84873115365     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2012.01348.x     Document Type: Article

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