High and low frequency erosive and constructive cycles in estuarine beaches: an example from Garcez Point, Bahia/Brazil

High and low frequency erosive and constructive cycles in estuarine beaches: an example from Garcez Point, Bahia/Brazil

Monitoring of the morphodynamic variations of the beaches associated with an estuary contiguous with Garcez Point, Bahia, Brazil, and the superposition of aerial photographs from the region, show the presence of distinctive erosive and constructive cycles of low and high frequencies. Between 1959 an...

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Main Authors: ABÍLIO C.S.P. BITTENCOURT, GUILHERME C. LESSA, JOSÉ M.L. DOMINGUEZ, LOUIS MARTIN, GERALDO S. VILAS BÔAS, FÉLIX F. FARIAS
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2001-12-01
Series:Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
Subjects:
ciclos erosivos e construtivos
transporte litorâneo de areia
refração de ondas
canhão
delta de maré vazante Bahia (Brasil)
erosive and constructive cycles
longshore sand transport
wave refraction
canyon
ebb-tidal delta
Bahia/Brazil
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