From new data on the sediment in the Amazon River, we estimate the mean annual load of suspended sediment at Óbidos, Brazil, to be 0.8-0.9x109 tonnes per year. Most of this sediment is discharged onto the continental shelf.
Authorship
person Robert H. Meade
school— U. S. Geological Survey. Denver, Colorado 80225, USA.U. S. Geological SurveyUSADenver, Colorado, USA— U. S. Geological Survey. Denver, Colorado 80225, USA.
person Carl F. Nordin Jr
school— U. S. Geological Survey. Denver, Colorado 80225, USA.U. S. Geological SurveyUSADenver, Colorado, USA— U. S. Geological Survey. Denver, Colorado 80225, USA.
person William F. Curtis
school— U. S. Geological Survey. Denver, Colorado 80225, USA.U. S. Geological SurveyUSADenver, Colorado, USA— U. S. Geological Survey. Denver, Colorado 80225, USA.
person Flavio M. Costa Rodrigues
school— Hidrologia SA, Rio de Janeiro.Hidrologia SABrasilRio de Janeiro, Brasil— Hidrologia SA, Rio de Janeiro.
person Carlos M. do Vale
school— Companhia de Pesquisa de Recursos MineraisBelém.Companhia de Pesquisa de Recursos MineraisBrasilBelém, Brasil— Companhia de Pesquisa de Recursos MineraisBelém.
person John M. Edmond
school— Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge. Massachusetts 02139, USA.Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUSACambridge, Massachusetts, USA— Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge. Massachusetts 02139, USA.
SCIMAGO INSTITUTIONS RANKINGS
— U. S. Geological Survey. Denver, Colorado 80225, USA.U. S. Geological SurveyUSADenver, Colorado, USA— U. S. Geological Survey. Denver, Colorado 80225, USA.
— Hidrologia SA, Rio de Janeiro.Hidrologia SABrasilRio de Janeiro, Brasil— Hidrologia SA, Rio de Janeiro.
— Companhia de Pesquisa de Recursos MineraisBelém.Companhia de Pesquisa de Recursos MineraisBrasilBelém, Brasil— Companhia de Pesquisa de Recursos MineraisBelém.
— Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge. Massachusetts 02139, USA.Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUSACambridge, Massachusetts, USA— Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge. Massachusetts 02139, USA.
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Transporte de sedimentos no rio Amazonas