Patterns of sediment dispersion coastwise the State of Bahia - Brazil

Using the average directions of the main wave-fronts which approach the coast of Bahia State - coinciding with that of the main wind occurring in the area - and of their periods, we define a wave climate model based on the construction of refraction diagrams. The resulting model of sediment transpor...

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Main Authors: ABÍLIO CARLOS DA SILVA PINTO BITTENCOURT, JOSÉ MARIA LANDIM DOMINGUEZ, LOUIS MARTIN, IRACEMA REIMÃO SILVA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2000-06-01
Series:Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652000000200012