Siltation rate and main anthropic impacts on sedimentation of the São Luís tidal inlet - State of Maranhão, Brazil

Abstract In recent decades, intense human intervention in the coastal zone has given rise to severe siltation and erosion problems. This scenario is located the São Luís tidal inlet, formed by the mouths of the Anil and Bacanga rivers which due to various kinds of interference have been changing the...

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Main Authors: James Werllen de Jesus Azevedo, Antonio Carlos Leal de Castro, Marcio Costa Fernandes Vaz dos Santos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2016-03-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Oceanography
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-87592016000100009&lng=en&tlng=en