Modern sedimentary processes along the Doce river adjacent continental shelf

In areas of the continental shelf where sediment supply is greater than the sediment dispersion capacity, an extensive terrigenous deposits and consequently submerged deltas can be formed. The Eastern Brazilian shelf is characterized by the occurrence of river feed deltas in between starving coasts....

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Main Authors: Valéria da Silva Quaresma, Geórgia Catabriga, Silvia Nossa Bourguignon, Estefânia Godinho, Alex Cardoso Bastos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Geologia
Series:Brazilian Journal of Geology
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