Brazilian Beach Systems

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Short, Andrew D. (Editor), Klein, Antonio Henrique da F. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: Coastal Research Library, 17
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Sedimentology.; Oceanography.; Coasts.; Geomorphology.; Earth Sciences.; Coastal Sciences.

This book is about the more than 4,000 beach systems that form most of the 9000 km long Brazilian coast. It focuses on the beaches of each of the seventeen coastal states and three oceanic islands, their nature, morphodynamics and status. It is a must for anyone who wants to know more about this gre...

Table of Contents:

• Brazilian Beach Systems
• Brazilian Coastal Processes: Wind, Wave Climate and Sea Level
• Beaches of the Amazon Coast: Amapá and West Pará
• Coastal Morphodynamic Processes on the Macro-Tidal Beaches of Pará State Under Tidally-Modulated Wave Conditions
• Maranhão Beach Systems, Including the Human Impact on São Luís Beaches
• Piauí Beach Systems
• The Beaches of Ceará
• Beaches of Rio Grande do Norte
• Sandy Beaches of the State of Paraíba: The Importance of Geological Heritage
• Tropical Sandy Beaches of Pernambuco State
• The Sandy Beaches of the States of Sergipe-Alagoas
• Beaches in the State of Bahia: The Importance of Geologic Setting
• The Beaches of Espírito Santo
• The Beaches of Rio de Janeiro
• The Beaches of the State of São Paulo
• The State of Paraná Beaches
• Santa Catarina Beach Systems
• Ocean Beaches of Rio Grande do Sul
• Sandy Beaches of Brazilian Oceanic Islands
• Brazilian Beach Systems: Review and Overview.