Beachrock occurrence, characteristics, formation mechanisms and impacts

MI Vousdoukas, AF Velegrakis, TA Plomaritis - Earth-Science Reviews, 2007 - Elsevier
Beachrocks are hard coastal sedimentary formations consisting of various beach sediments,
lithified through the precipitation of carbonate cements. The objectives of this contribution …

Late-Holocene sea levels from vermetids and barnacles at Ponta do Papagaio, 27 50′ S latitude and a comparison with other sectors of southern Brazil

RJ Angulo, MC de Souza, PCF Giannini… - Quaternary Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
The height difference between paleo-vermetids and present homologous bioconstructions
remains as the best Mid-to Late-Holocene paleo-sea level indicator on the Brazilian coast …

[HTML][HTML] Beachrock: a tool for reconstructing relative sea level in the far-field

B Mauz, M Vacchi, A Green, G Hoffmann, A Cooper - Marine Geology, 2015 - Elsevier
Today's understanding of sea-level change developed through a combination of process-
based physical modelling and observational data. Observational data of sea-level change …

[HTML][HTML] High-Frequency Sequences in the Quaternary of Pelotas Basin (coastal plain): a record of degradational stacking as a function of longer-term base-level fall

MLCC Rosa, EG Barboza, VS Abreu… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2017 - SciELO Brasil
The aim of this work was to analyze the sedimentary record of the coastal plain of Pelotas
Basin, placing it in the context of temporal and spatial scales, and proposing a stratigraphic …

Analysis of long-and short-term shoreline change dynamics: A study case of João Pessoa city in Brazil

CAG Santos, TVM do Nascimento, M Mishra… - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
The coastal area of João Pessoa city, Paraíba, Brazil, is densely populated and has a large
flow of trade and services. More recently, this region has been suffering from the advance of …

Sea-level fluctuations and coastal evolution in the state of Rio de Janeiro, southeastern Brazil

JWA Castro, K Suguio, JCS Seoane… - Anais da Academia …, 2014 - SciELO Brasil
The present paper aims to investigate the relative sea-level and the coastal evolution during
the Holocene in the Rio de Janeiro coastline, based on geological and biological indicators …

The coastal zone of Brazil

J Dominguez - Geology and geomorphology of holocene coastal …, 2009 - Springer
Brazil has an area of 8,512,000 km2 which represents almost 50% of South America. Brazil's
coastal zone extends for approximately 9,200 km and presents a very diverse suite of …

Mid to late Holocene sea-level reconstruction of Southeast Vietnam using beachrock and beach-ridge deposits

K Stattegger, R Tjallingii, Y Saito, M Michelli… - Global and Planetary …, 2013 - Elsevier
Beachrocks, beach ridge, washover and backshore deposits along the tectonically stable
south-eastern Vietnamese coast document Holocene sea level changes. In combination …

Ground-penetrating radar profiles of Holocene raised-beach deposits in the Kujukuri strand plain, Pacific coast of eastern Japan

T Tamura, F Murakami, F Nanayama, K Watanabe… - Marine Geology, 2008 - Elsevier
Ground-penetrating radar (GPR) profiles of Holocene beach deposits were documented
from the Kujukuri strand plain, Pacific coast of Japan, to examine a marker of past sea level …

Effects of Holocene climate changes and anthropogenic river regulation in the development of a wave-dominated delta: The São Francisco River (eastern Brazil)

JML Dominguez, JK Guimarães - Marine Geology, 2021 - Elsevier
The São Francisco River is the fourth longest river in South America and one of the most
regulated. Severe coastal erosion has affected the delta shoreline since 1985, leading to the …