Origin of step-like and lobate seafloor features along the continental shelf off Rio de Janeiro State, Santos basin-Brazil

Geomorphology

Volumn 203, Issue , 2013, Pages 25-45

  Reis, A T ^a   Maia, R M C ^b   Silva, C G ^b   Rabineau, M ^c   Guerra, J V ^a   Gorini, C ^c   Ayres, A ^b   Arantes Oliveira, R ^a   Benabdellouahed, M ^d   Simoes I ^e   Tardin, R ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^c Universite de Bretagne Occidentale   (France)

^d IFREMER   (France)

^e Instituto de Estudos do Mar Almirante Paulo Moreira (IEAPM)   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil Current; Continental shelf geomorphology; Forced regression; Late Pleistocene; LGM shoreline; Post LGM transgression

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; COASTAL ZONE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; ESCARPMENT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PLEISTOCENE; SEA LEVEL; SEAFLOOR; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SHELF BREAK; SHORELINE; TRANSGRESSION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZIL; BRAZIL CURRENT; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL]; SANTOS BASIN;

EID: 84887174823     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2013.04.037     Document Type: Article

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