Coastline changes and sedimentation related with the opening of an artificial channel: the Valo Grande Delta, SE Brazil

The role played by human activity in coastline changes indicates a general tendency of retreating coasts, especially deltaic environments, as a result of the recent trend of sea level rise as well as the blockage of the transfer of sediments towards the coast, especially due to the construction of d...

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Main Authors: MICHEL M. DE MAHIQUES, RUBENS C.L. FIGUEIRA, DANIEL P.V. ALVES, DIANA M. ITALIANI, CRISTINA C. MARTINS, JOÃO M.A. DIAS
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2014-12-01
Series:Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652014000401597&lng=en&tlng=en