Amazon Sediment Transport and Accumulation Along the Continuum of Mixed Fluvial and Marine Processes

Sediment transfer from land to ocean begins in coastal settings and, for large rivers such as the Amazon, has dramatic impacts over thousands of kilometers covering diverse environmental conditions. In the relatively natural Amazon tidal river, combinations of fluvial and marine processes transition...

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Published in:	Annual review of marine science Vol. 13; no. 1; pp. 501 - 536
Main Authors:	Nittrouer, Charles A, DeMaster, David J, Kuehl, Steven A, Figueiredo, Alberto G, Sternberg, Richard W, Faria, L. Ercilio C, Silveira, Odete M, Allison, Mead A, Kineke, Gail C, Ogston, Andrea S, Souza Filho, Pedro W.M, Asp, Nils E, Nowacki, Daniel J, Fricke, Aaron T
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Annual Reviews 03-01-2021 Annual Reviews, Inc
Subjects:	Accumulation Amazon River Brackishwater environment continental shelf Continental shelves Environmental conditions Environmental Monitoring - methods Estuaries Floodplains Fresh water Freshwater Geologic Sediments - chemistry Human influences Humans Inland water environment mangrove shoreline Mangrove swamps Mangroves Oceans and Seas Perturbation River mouth River mouths Rivers Rivers - chemistry Sediment sediment accumulation Sediment transport South America Tidal flats tidal river Tidal rivers Tidal waterways Tidal Waves Tributaries Water discharge Water Movements Wetlands South America continental shelf sediment transport Amazon River sediment accumulation mangrove shoreline tidal river
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