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Estuaries of South America

Their Geomorphology and Dynamics

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  • © 1999

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Editors:
  1. Gerardo M. E. Perillo

    1. Instituto Argentino de Oceanografía, CC 107, Bahía Blanca, Argentina
      Departamento de Geología, Bahía Blanca, Argentina

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  2. María Cintia Piccolo

    1. Instituto Argentino de Oceanografía, CC 107, Bahía Blanca, Argentina
      Departamento de Geografía, Bahía Blanca, Argentina

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  3. Mario Pino-Quivira

    1. Instituto de Geociencias, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile

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  • South American estuaries are described in detail for the first time
  • Contains original data from the largest estuaries in the world
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Environmental Science and Engineering (ESE)

Part of the book sub series: Environmental Science (ENVSCIENCE)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVI
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  2. What Do We Know About the Geomorphology and Physical Oceanography of South American Estuaries?

    • Gerardo M. E. Perillo, M. Cintia Piccolo, Mario Pino-Quivira
    Pages 1-13

  3. The Maracaibo System: A Physical Profile

    • Gilberto Rodríguez
    Pages 15-34

  4. Coastal Lagoons of Southeastern Brazil: Physical and Biogeochemical Characteristics

    • Bastiaan Knoppers, Björn Kjerfve
    Pages 35-66

  5. Nutrients and Suspended Matter Behaviour in the Patos Lagoon Estuary (Brazil)

    • Luis Felipe Niencheski, Maria da Graça Baumgarten, Gilberto Fillmann, Herbert L. Windom
    Pages 67-81

  6. Hydrographical Characteristics of the Estuarine Area of Patos Lagoon (30°S, Brazil)

    • Osmar O. Möller Jr., Patrice Castaing
    Pages 83-100

  7. The Argentina Estuaries: A Review

    • M. Cintia Piccolo, Gerardo M. E. Perillo
    Pages 101-132

  8. Hydrography and Sediment Transport Characteristics of the Río de la Plata: A Review

    • Jorge López Laborde, Gustavo J. Nagy
    Pages 133-159

  9. Physical Characteristics and Processes of the Río de la Plata Estuary

    • Mariana B. Framiñan, María P. Etala, Eduardo M. Acha, Raúl A. Guerrero, Carlos A. Lasta, Otis B. Brown
    Pages 161-194

  10. Geomorphological and Physical Characteristics of the Bahía Blanca Estuary, Argentina

    • Gerardo M. E. Perillo, M. Cintia Piccolo
    Pages 195-216

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 217-223
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About this book

The original idea of this book started when we were making a residual fluxes study of the Paranagua Coastal Lagoon (Brazil) near the colonial town of Guaraque~aba.Among the beautiful mangroves of this Brazilian National Park, between profile and profile, we wondered why South American estuaries were little known in the international arena. Besides, most of the papers published in the literature are based on biological research. Practically nothing is known about their geomorphology and dynamics. That night, while we were walking along the hilly streets of the town, we decided that the only way to have an idea about the degree of advance in the geomorphology and dynamics of our estuaries was to ask the proper South American researchers to write review articles about the estuaries in which they were working or about the gen­ eral state of the art of the Geomorphology and Physical Oceanography of the estuar­ ies of his/her country. The book grew from then on. Although initially many scien­ tists offer to write a chapter, we ran into the same problem these researchers have to publish in journals, they felt that their English was not good enough and withdrew. However, we are very satisfy about the number and quality of the contributions which also passed a very strong review process.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Instituto Argentino de Oceanografía, CC 107, Bahía Blanca, Argentina

    Gerardo M. E. Perillo, María Cintia Piccolo

  • Departamento de Geología, Bahía Blanca, Argentina

    Gerardo M. E. Perillo

  • Departamento de Geografía, Bahía Blanca, Argentina

    María Cintia Piccolo

  • Instituto de Geociencias, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile

    Mario Pino-Quivira

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