Geochemistry of marine sediments of the Brazilian Northeastern continental shelf

The marine sediment samples collected from the northeastern Brazilian continental shelf, at water depths between 20 and 80 m, consisted mainly of sands with an almost total absence of gravel and granules. Medium, coarse and very coarse sand grains are mostly composed of halimeda, lithothamnium, rodo...

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Main Authors: Fernanda Souza do Nascimento, George Satander Sá Freire, Brígida Miola
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2010-01-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Oceanography
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-87592010000600002