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Brazilian Beach Systems

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Editors:
  1. Andrew D. Short

    1. School of Geosciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

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  2. Antonio Henrique da F. Klein

    1. Departamento de Geociências, Laboratório de Oceanografia Costeira, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, Brazil

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  • A Benchmark Book the First of Its Kind Comprehensively Covering the Entire Brazilian Coast and Its Beaches
  • Contributions of 50 Experts from Each of the 17 Brazilian Coastal States
  • Contains Previously Unpublished Data on Much of the Coast
  • Abundantly Illustrated Throughout by Photographs, Maps and Figures

Part of the book series: Coastal Research Library (COASTALRL, volume 17)

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. Brazilian Beach Systems: Introduction

    • Antonio Henrique da F. Klein, Andrew D. Short
    Pages 1-35

  3. Brazilian Coastal Processes: Wind, Wave Climate and Sea Level

    • Mauricio González Rodríguez, João Luiz Nicolodi, Omar Quetzalcóatl Gutiérrez, Verónica Cánovas Losada, Antonio Espejo Hermosa
    Pages 37-66

  4. Beaches of the Amazon Coast: Amapá and West Pará

    • Valdenira Ferreira dos Santos, Andrew D. Short, Amilcar Carvalho Mendes
    Pages 67-93

  5. Coastal Morphodynamic Processes on the Macro-Tidal Beaches of Pará State Under Tidally-Modulated Wave Conditions

    • Luci Cajueiro Carneiro Pereira, Ana Vila-Concejo, Andrew D. Short
    Pages 95-124

  6. Maranhão Beach Systems, Including the Human Impact on São Luís Beaches

    • Luci Cajueiro Carneiro Pereira, Wellington Nascimento Trindade, Iracely Rodrigues da Silva, Ana Vila-Concejo, Andrew D. Short
    Pages 125-152

  7. Piauí Beach Systems

    • Jorge Eduardo de Abreu Paula, Jáder Onofre de Morais, Elisabeth Mary de Carvalho Baptista, Maria Luzineide Gomes, Lidriana de Souza Pinheiro
    Pages 153-174

  8. The Beaches of Ceará

    • Lidriana de Souza Pinheiro, Jáder Onofre de Morais, Luis Parente Maia
    Pages 175-199

  9. Beaches of Rio Grande do Norte

    • Helenice Vital, Iracema Miranda da Silveira, Werner Farkatt Tabosa, Zuleide Maria Carvalho Lima, Francisco Pinheiro Lima-Filho, Flavo Elano Soares de Souza et al.
    Pages 201-229

  10. Sandy Beaches of the State of Paraíba: The Importance of Geological Heritage

    • José Maria Landim Dominguez, Silvana Moreira Neves, Abílio Carlos da Silva Pinto Bittencourt
    Pages 231-250

  11. Tropical Sandy Beaches of Pernambuco State

    • Pedro de Souza Pereira, Tereza Cristina Medeiros de Araújo, Valdir do Amaral Vaz Manso
    Pages 251-279

  12. The Sandy Beaches of the States of Sergipe-Alagoas

    • José Maria Landim Dominguez, Abílio Carlos da Silva Pinto Bittencourt, Adeylan Nascimento Santos, Lucas do Nascimento
    Pages 281-305

  13. Beaches in the State of Bahia: The Importance of Geologic Setting

    • José Maria Landim Dominguez, Abílio Carlos da Silva Pinto Bittencourt, Lucas do Nascimento, Adeylan Nascimento Santos
    Pages 307-332

  14. The Beaches of Espírito Santo

    • Jacqueline Albino, Nery Contti Neto, Tiago Castro Alves Oliveira
    Pages 333-361

  15. The Beaches of Rio de Janeiro

    • Dieter Muehe, Flavia Moraes Lins-de-Barros
    Pages 363-396

  16. The Beaches of the State of São Paulo

    • Michel Michaelovitch de Mahiques, Eduardo Siegle, Javier Alcántara-Carrió, Filipe Galiforni Silva, Paulo Henrique Gomes de Oliveira Sousa, Cristina Celia Martins
    Pages 397-418

  17. The State of Paraná Beaches

    • Rodolfo José Angulo, Carlos Alberto Borzone, Mauricio Almeida Noernberg, Clécio José Lopes de Quadros, Maria Cristina de Souza, Leonardo Cruz da Rosa
    Pages 419-464

  18. Santa Catarina Beach Systems

    • Antonio Henrique da F. Klein, Andrew D. Short, Jarbas Bonetti
    Pages 465-506

  19. Ocean Beaches of Rio Grande do Sul

    • Lauro Júlio Calliari, Elírio Ernestino Toldo Jr.
    Pages 507-541

  20. Sandy Beaches of Brazilian Oceanic Islands

    • Lauro Júlio Calliari, Pedro de Souza Pereira, Andrew D. Short, Fernando C. Sobral, Arthur A. Machado, Yuri G. Pinheiro et al.
    Pages 543-571
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About this book

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 great coast and its beach systems. This is the first book ever written about the beach systems of Brazil, and actually the very first about the beaches of an entire country. The Brazilian coast extends from the mighty Amazon River and its muddy shores in the north to one of the world’s longest sandy beaches in the southern Rio Grande do Sul. It contains every beach type from wave to tide-dominated which range in size from small embayed beaches to long barrier beaches.



The book is written by leading Brazilian academics and researchers and aims at the university level market, as well as coastal scientists, engineers and managers. Standard scientific terminology is used to describe the coast and its beaches. It is illustrated with more than 400 original figures and serves as a benchmark text on the Brazilian coast.

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Geosciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

    Andrew D. Short

  • Departamento de Geociências, Laboratório de Oceanografia Costeira, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, Brazil

    Antonio Henrique da F. Klein

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Brazilian Beach Systems

  • Editors: Andrew D. Short, Antonio Henrique da F. Klein

  • Series Title: Coastal Research Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30394-9

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-30392-5Published: 29 July 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-80798-0Published: 30 May 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-30394-9Published: 19 July 2016

  • Series ISSN: 2211-0577

  • Series E-ISSN: 2211-0585

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXI, 611

  • Number of Illustrations: 76 b/w illustrations, 291 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Coastal Sciences, Geomorphology, Oceanography, Sedimentology

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