Research Catalog

Title

Geology and geomorphology of Holocene coastal barriers of Brazil / Sérgio F. Dillenburg, Patrick A. Hesp.

Author

Dillenburg, Sérgio R.

Publication

Berlin : Springer, c2009.

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Details

Additional Authors

Hesp, P. (Patrick)

Description

xvi, 380 p. : ill., maps (some col.); 25 cm.

Summary

This books presents the first comprehensive overview of the evolution, geology, geomorphology and dynamics of Holocene coastal barriers in Brazil. Following two introductory chapters outlining the coast geology, climate, oceanography, general setting and dynamics, each subsequent chapter deals with the evolution and development of Holocene barriers in each state covering 9,200 kilometers of coastline. The examples cover all tidal types from micro to macro tidal, all wave and wind energies, and virtually every barrier type ranging from barrier islands, spits, strandplains, attached, receded and prograded barriers, climbing, clifftop and falling dunefield barriers and the largest transgressive dunefield barriers in the world. The book has been written by experts in Brazil, and provides a wealth of information previously inaccessible to scientists, students and managers.

Series Statement

Lecture notes in earth sciences ; 107

Uniform Title

• Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences, 107
• Lecture notes in earth sciences 107.

Subject

• Applied Geosciences
• Coastal zone management > Brazil
• Geology
• Geology > South Atlantic Ocean
• Geosciences
• Oceanography
• Sedimentology

Genre/Form

Aufsatzsammlung.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. The basement geology, climate, oceanography, coastal process signatures of the Brazilian coast -- 2. The Brazilian coast in terms of Pleistocene and Holocene (Quaternary) geology and geomorphology -- 3. The southern wave dominated, microtidal coast -- 4. The southeast-northeast wave dominated, microtidal coast -- 5. The northeast wave-dominated micro to meso tidal coast -- 6. The northern tide dominated meso to macrotidal coast.

ISBN

• 9783540250081 (hbk.)
• 3540250085 (hbk.)
• 9783540447719 (e-book)
• 3540447717 (e-book)

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library