AmasSeds: An Interdisciplinary Investigation of a Complex Coastal Environment

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Authors

Charles A. Nittrouer | Marine Sciences Research Center, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY, USA

David J. DeMaster | Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA

Alberto G. Figueiredo | Departamento de Geologia, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niteroi, RJ, Brazil

James M. Rine | Marine Sciences Research Center, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY, USA

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First Paragraph

A Multidiscliplinary Amazon Shelf SEDiment Study (AmasSeds) is being undertaken on the continental shelf near the mouth of the Amazon River. Details of the AmasSeds international research project are described in the five papers which follow. The present paper outlines the justification, background and approach of the overall project.

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Citation

Nittrouer, C.A., D.J. DeMaster, A.G. Figueiredo, and J.M. Rine. 1991. AmasSeds: An interdisciplinary investigation of a complex coastal environment. Oceanography 4(1):3–7, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.1991.14.

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