Buracas: Novel and unusual sinkhole-like features in the Abrolhos Bank

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 70, Issue , 2013, Pages 118-125

  Bastos, Alex C ^a   Moura, Rodrigo L ^b   Amado Filho, Gilberto M ^c   D'Agostini, Danielle P ^a   Secchin, Nélio A ^a   Francini Filho, Ronaldo B ^d   Güth, Arthur Z ^e   Sumida, Paulo Y G ^e   Mahiques, Michel M ^e   Thompson, Fabiano L ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS JARDIM BOTÂNICO DO RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Abrolhos shelf; Buracas; Carbonate shelf; Holocene transgression; Submerged sinkhole

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE; ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS; CARBONATE; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; CORALLINE ALGA; DECOMPOSITION; ENCRUSTATION; HOLOCENE; ORGANIC MATTER; RADIOCARBON DATING; SINKHOLE; TRANSGRESSION;

ABROLHOS BANK; ATLANTIC OCEAN;

ALGAE;

EID: 84889563246     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2013.04.035     Document Type: Article

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