THE IMPRINT OF THE GEOLOGICAL INHERITANCE AND PRESENT DYNAMICS ON URUGUAYAN INNER SHELF SEDIMENTS (SOUTH-WESTERN ATLANTIC)

THE IMPRINT OF THE GEOLOGICAL INHERITANCE AND PRESENT DYNAMICS ON URUGUAYAN INNER SHELF SEDIMENTS (SOUTH-WESTERN ATLANTIC)

The Uruguayan continental shelf is characterised by a unique hydrographic system, composed of the Río de la Plata buoyant plume (RdlP-BP), and by water masses of contrasting thermohaline characteristics. Below the RdlP-BP the southward-flowing Subtropical Shelf Water and the northward-flowing Subant...

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Main Authors: LETICIA BURONE, PAULA FRANCO-FRAGUAS, MICHEL MICHAELOVITCH DE MAHIQUES, NURIA LAHUERTA, JORGE REY DIAZ DE RADA, MATILDE RODRÍGUEZ, MARCIA CARUSO BÍCEGO, YAMANDÚ MARÍN, MÓNICA GÓMEZ-ERACHE, LEONARDO ORTEGA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro 2019-12-01
Series:Journal of Sedimentary Environments
Subjects:
sedimentary dynamics
hydrographic dynamics
río de la plata estuary
south-western atlantic
inner shelf
Online Access:https://www.e-publicacoes.uerj.br/index.php/jse/article/view/47021

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