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Migration of mud banks and changing coastline in French Guiana
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The role of mud banks was documented by vertical aerial photographs taken in 1979, 1982 and 1984 as discussed by the authors, which allow the delineation of the intertidal parts of the banks at low tide and at identical tidal ranges.About:
This article is published in Marine Geology.The article was published on 1988-10-01. It has received 115 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Shore & Intertidal zone.read more
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Mobile deltaic and continental shelf muds as suboxic, fluidized bed reactors
TL;DR: For example, this article showed that sedimentary organic C (Corg) of both terrestrial and marine origin is efficiently decomposed in deltaic areas, with decomposition percentages reaching ≥70% and ≥90%, respectively, the latter percentage (marine) being quite comparable to deep-sea, low sedimentation environments.
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Mangroves as indicators of coastal change
F Blasco,Peter Saenger,E Janodet +2 more
TL;DR: In view of the unique biological characteristics of mangroves, it is interesting to assess the extent to which these ecosystems can be used as indicators of coastal change or sea-level rise as mentioned in this paper.
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Half a century of dynamic coastal change affecting mangrove shorelines of French Guiana. A case study based on remote sensing data analyses and field surveys.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors identify coastal changes that took place over the last 50 years, and to relate them to natural processes of turnover and replenishment of mangrove forests, using a combination of remote sensing techniques (aerial photographs and SPOT satellite images) and field surveys in the area of French Guiana.
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Iron isotopes in the Amazon River system: Weathering and transport signatures
TL;DR: In this article, trace metal clean plankton tows, river samples, aerosol leachates, and porewater samples from the Amazon River system were measured for their iron isotopic composition.
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The Amazon-influenced muddy coast of South America : a review of mud-bank-shoreline interactions
Edward J. Anthony,Antoine Gardel,Nicolas Gratiot,Christophe Proisy,Mead A. Allison,Franck Dolique,François Fromard +6 more
TL;DR: In this area, rapid and sustained fluid-mud concentration and trapping are associated with fresh water-salt water interaction and estuarine front activity on the continental shelf due to the huge suspended-sediment discharge of the Amazon River (106 × 754 tons yr− 1 ± 9%), part of which is transported alongshore as mud banks.
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The Geochemistry of the Amazon River System: Part I. The Factors that Control the Salinity and the Composition and Concentration of the Suspended Solids
TL;DR: In this paper, the factors that control salinity and the composition and concentration of the suspended solids of the Amazon River were determined on the basis of wet-and dry-season sampling.
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Physical Processes and Fine-grained Sediment Dynamics, Coast of Surinam, South America
John T. Wells,James M. Coleman +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a study of the Holocene mud wedge between the Amazon and Orinoco Rivers in the trade wind belt of northeastern South America provides a modern-day example of muds accumulating under moderate wave-energy conditions.
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Depositional Facies of a Mud Shoreface in Suriname, South America--A Mud Analogue to Sandy, Shallow-Marine Deposits
J. M. Rine,Robert N. Ginsburg +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated a 100 km-long portion of the Suriname coast utilizing cores, bathymetric surveys, and field observations from nearshore and innershelf environments.
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Marine muds along the Guyana coast and their origin from the Amazon basin
D. Eisma,H. W. van der Marel +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the mineralogical composition of clay samples from the Amazon basin and the Guyana coast, including samples collected inland and on the continental shelf, was investigated by X-ray diffraction.
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Amazon River sediment transport in the Atlantic Ocean
TL;DR: On the basis of data from seven cruises in the Amazon River-Atlantic Ocean area, and with 14 anchored stations extending over complete tidal cycles, the currents, suspended sediment concentration, temperature, and salinity were measured at various depths as mentioned in this paper.