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The Para?ba Do Sul Retrogradation and the Atafona Environmental Impact

by Mauro S?rgio F. Argento, Univ Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,



Document Type: Proceeding Paper

Part of: Coastlines of Brazil

Abstract:

This study is an attempt to explain the event which is presently occurring at the mouth of the Paraiba do Sul river and is causing a negative socio-economic impact on the Atafona population. Subjects covered include the deltaic mouth prograding process, the retrogradation phenomenon, tectonic processes, and others.

Subject Headings: Coastal processes | Rivers and streams | Social factors | Sediment | Hydrodynamics | Geology | Estuaries | Brazil | South America

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