Seasonal and inter-annual dynamics of suspended sediment at the mouth of the Amazon river: The role of continental and oceanic forcing, and implications for coastal geomorphology and mud bank formation

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 118, Issue , 2016, Pages 49-62

  Gensac, Erwan ^a   Martinez, Jean Michel ^a   Vantrepotte, Vincent ^b   Anthony, Edward J ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU LITTORAL CÔTE D OPALE   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Amazon River mouth; Estuarine processes; MODIS; Mud banks; Shallow coastal waters; Surface suspended sediment concentration

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; ANNUAL VARIATION; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; COASTAL WATER; ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; MODIS; MUDBANK; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHALLOW WATER; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; WIND VELOCITY;

AMAPA; AMAZON RIVER; BRAZIL; DELTA AMACURO; FRENCH GUIANA; ORINOCO DELTA; VENEZUELA;

EID: 84959386476     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: 18736955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2016.02.009     Document Type: Article

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