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pp. 241–272.
Isla, F. I., 1998. Uniformitarismo transgresivo o regresivo? Boletin
Paranaense de Geociencias, 46, 165–174.
Isla, F. I., Vilas, F. E., Bujalesky, G., Ferrero, M., Gonzalez
Bonorino, G. Y., and Arche Miralles, A., 1991. Gravel drift
and wind effects over the macrotidal San Sebastián Bay, Tierra
del Fuego. Marine Geology, 97, 211–224.
Kumar, N., and Sanders, J. E., 1974. Inlet sequence: a vertical succession of sedimentary structures and textures created by the
lateral migration of tidal inlets. Sedimentology, 21, 491–532.
Lucke, J. B., 1934. A theory of evolution of coastal lagoon deposits
on shore lines of emergence. Journal of Geology, 42, 561–584.
Martin, L., and Domínguez, J. M. L., 1994. Geological history of
coastal lagoons. In Kjerve, B. (ed.), Coastal Lagoon Processes.
Oxford: Elsevier. Elsevier Oceanographic Series, Vol.
60, pp. 41–68.
Martin, L., and Suguio, K., 1992. Variation of coastal dynamics during the last 7000 years recorded in beach-ridge plains associated
with river mouths: example from the central Brazilian coast.
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 99,
119–140.
Martin, L., and Suguio, K., 1997. Geologia do Quaternario costeiro
do litoral norte do Rio de Janeiro e do Espı ´rito Santo. Belo
Horizonte: CPRM/FAPESP. 94 pp.
Martínez, J. I., Yokoyama, Y., Gómez, A., Delgado, A., Matsuzaki,
H., and Rendón, E., 2010. Late Holocene marine terraces of the
Cartagena region, southern Caribbean: the product of
neotectonism or a former high stand in sea-level? Journal of
South American Earth Sciences, 29, 214–224.
Martin, L., Suguio, K., Dominguez, JML., Flexor, JM., 1997.
Geologia do Quaternaio costeiro do litoral norte do Rı ´o de
Janeiro e do Espı ´rito Santo. FAPESP, CPRM, Belo Horizonte,
Brazil, 112 pp.
Martínez, J. O., González, J. L., Pilkey, O. H. and Neal, W. J., 1995.
Tropical Barrier Islands of Colombia’s Pacific Coast. Journal
of Coastal Research, 11 (2):432–453.
Meldahl, K. H., 1995. Pleistocene shoreline ridges from tidedominated and wave-dominated coasts: northern California
and western Baja California, Mexico. Marine Geology, 123,
61–72.
Nascimento, D. R., Jr., 2010. Evolucao sedimentary holocenica do
delta do Rio Tubarao, Estado de Santa Catarina. Unpublished
thesis, Sao Paulo, Universidade de Sao Paulo, 231 pp.
Nieuwenhuyse, A., and Kroonenberg, S. B., 1994. Volcanic origin
of Holocene beach ridges along the Caribbean coast of Costa
Rica. Marine Geology, 120, 13–26.
Otvos, E. G., 2000. Beach ridges, definition and significance. Geomorphology, 32, 83–108.
Otvos, E. G., and Price, A., 1979. Problems of chenier genesis and
terminology – an overview. Marine Geology, 31, 251–263.
Penland, S., and Suter, J. R., 1989. The geomorphology of the Mississippi River chenier plain. Marine Geology, 90, 231–258.
Price, W. A., 1954. Environment and Formation of the Chenier
Plain. College Station: A&M College of Texas, Department of
Oceanography. 7 pp.
Price, W. A., 1955. Environment and formation of the chenier plain.
Quaternaria, 2, 75–86.
Reineck, H. E., and Singh, I. B., 1980. Depositional Sedimentary
Environments. Berlin: Springer.
Rhodes, E. G., 1982. Depositional model for a chenier plain, Gulf of
Carpentaria, Australia. Sedimentology, 29, 201–221.
Rodríguez-Ramírez, A., and Yáñez-Camacho, C. M., 2008. Formation of chenier plain of the Doñana marshland (SW Spain):
observations and geomorphic model. Marine Geology, 254,
187–196.
Roy, P. S., Cowell, P. J., Ferland, M. A., and Thom, B. G., 1995.
Wave-dominated coasts. In Carter, R. W. G., and Woodroffe,
C. D. (eds.), Coastal Evolution: Late Quaternary Shoreline
Morphodynamics. Cambridge: Camdridge Press, Chap. 4,
pp. 121–186.
Schnack, E. J., Fasano, J. L., and Isla, F. I., 1982. The evolution of
Mar Chiquita lagoon, Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. In
Colquhoun, D. J. (ed.), Holocene Sea-Level Fluctuations: Magnitudes and Causes. Columbia, SC: Igcp 61, University of South
Carolina, pp. 143–155.
Schofield, J. C., 1960. Sea level fluctuations during the last 4,000
years as recorded by a chenier plain, Firth of Thames, New
Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 3,
467–485.
Short, A. D., 1988. The South Austalian coast and Holocene
sea-level transgression. Geographical Review, 78(2), 119–136.
Tanaka, A. P. B., 2010. Sedimentologı ´a, cronologı ´a e dina ´mica
progradacional das planicies costeiras de campos Verdes e Ji
(Laguna, SC). Unpublished thesis, Sao Paulo, Instituto de
Geociencias, USP, 113 pp.
Tanner, W. F., 1995. Origin of beach ridges and swales. Marine
Geology, 129, 149–161.
Toldo, E. E., 1991. Morfodina ´mica da Laguna dos Patos, Rio
Grande do Sul. Porto Alegre: Pesquisas, UFRGS, Vol. 18(1),
pp. 58–63.
Vilas, F., Arche, A., Ferrero, M., and Isla, F., 1999. Subantarctic
macrotidal flats, cheniers and beaches in San Sebastián Bay,
Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. Marine Geology, 160, 301–326.
Warne, A. G., Meade, R. H., White, W. A., Guevara, E. H., Gibeaut,
J., Smyth, R. C., Aslan, A., and Tremblay, T., 2002. Regional
controls on geomorphology, hydrology, and ecosystem integrity
in the Orinoco Delta, Venezuela. Geomorphology, 44, 273–307.
Wells, J. T., and Coleman, J. M., 1977. Nearshore suspended sediment variations, central Surinam coast. Marine Geology, 24,
M47–M54.
Wells, J. T., and Coleman, J. M., 1981. Periodic mudflat progradation:
Northeastern coast of South America: a hypothesis. Journal of
Sedimentary Petrology, 51(4), 1069–1075.
Wells, J. T., and Kemp, G. P., 1981. Atchafalaya mud stream and
recent mudflat procreation: Louisiana chenier plain. Transactions, Gulf Coast Society of Geological Sciences, XXXI,
pp. 409–416.
Wong, T. E., de Kramer, R., de Boer, P. L., Langereis, C., and
Sew-A-Tjon, J., 2009. The influence of sea-level changes on
tropical coastal lowlands; the Pleistocene Coropina Formation,
Suriname. Sedimentary Geology, 216, 125–137.
Woodroffe, C. D., 2002. Coasts: Form, Process and Evolution.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Woodroffe, C. D., Curtis, R. J., and McLean, R. F., 1983. Development of a chenier plain, Firth of Thames, New Zealand. Marine
Geology, 53, 1–22.
Xiqing, C., 1996. An integrated study of sediment discharge from
the Changjiang River, China, and the delta development since
the Mid-Holocene. Journal of Coastal Research, 12(1), 26–37.
Xitao, Z., 1989. Cheniers in China: an overview. Marine Geology,
90, 311–320.
Yan, Q., Xu, S., and Shao, X., 1989. Holocene cheniers in the Yangtze delta, China. Marine Geology, 90, 311–320.
Zenkovitch, V. P., 1959. On the genesis of cuspate spits along
lagoon shores. Journal of Geology. 67, 269–277.
Cross-references
Coastal Barriers
Delta Plain
Sand Ridge
Spit
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pp. 241–272.
Isla, F. I., 1998. Uniformitarismo transgresivo o regresivo? Boletin
Paranaense de Geociencias, 46, 165–174.
Isla, F. I., Vilas, F. E., Bujalesky, G., Ferrero, M., Gonzalez
Bonorino, G. Y., and Arche Miralles, A., 1991. Gravel drift
and wind effects over the macrotidal San Sebastián Bay, Tierra
del Fuego. Marine Geology, 97, 211–224.
Kumar, N., and Sanders, J. E., 1974. Inlet sequence: a vertical succession of sedimentary structures and textures created by the
lateral migration of tidal inlets. Sedimentology, 21, 491–532.
Lucke, J. B., 1934. A theory of evolution of coastal lagoon deposits
on shore lines of emergence. Journal of Geology, 42, 561–584.
Martin, L., and Domínguez, J. M. L., 1994. Geological history of
coastal lagoons. In Kjerve, B. (ed.), Coastal Lagoon Processes.
Oxford: Elsevier. Elsevier Oceanographic Series, Vol.
60, pp. 41–68.
Martin, L., and Suguio, K., 1992. Variation of coastal dynamics during the last 7000 years recorded in beach-ridge plains associated
with river mouths: example from the central Brazilian coast.
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 99,
119–140.
Martin, L., and Suguio, K., 1997. Geologia do Quaternario costeiro
do litoral norte do Rio de Janeiro e do Espı ´rito Santo. Belo
Horizonte: CPRM/FAPESP. 94 pp.
Martínez, J. I., Yokoyama, Y., Gómez, A., Delgado, A., Matsuzaki,
H., and Rendón, E., 2010. Late Holocene marine terraces of the
Cartagena region, southern Caribbean: the product of
neotectonism or a former high stand in sea-level? Journal of
South American Earth Sciences, 29, 214–224.
Martin, L., Suguio, K., Dominguez, JML., Flexor, JM., 1997.
Geologia do Quaternaio costeiro do litoral norte do Rı ´o de
Janeiro e do Espı ´rito Santo. FAPESP, CPRM, Belo Horizonte,
Brazil, 112 pp.
Martínez, J. O., González, J. L., Pilkey, O. H. and Neal, W. J., 1995.
Tropical Barrier Islands of Colombia’s Pacific Coast. Journal
of Coastal Research, 11 (2):432–453.
Meldahl, K. H., 1995. Pleistocene shoreline ridges from tidedominated and wave-dominated coasts: northern California
and western Baja California, Mexico. Marine Geology, 123,
61–72.
Nascimento, D. R., Jr., 2010. Evolucao sedimentary holocenica do
delta do Rio Tubarao, Estado de Santa Catarina. Unpublished
thesis, Sao Paulo, Universidade de Sao Paulo, 231 pp.
Nieuwenhuyse, A., and Kroonenberg, S. B., 1994. Volcanic origin
of Holocene beach ridges along the Caribbean coast of Costa
Rica. Marine Geology, 120, 13–26.
Otvos, E. G., 2000. Beach ridges, definition and significance. Geomorphology, 32, 83–108.
Otvos, E. G., and Price, A., 1979. Problems of chenier genesis and
terminology – an overview. Marine Geology, 31, 251–263.
Penland, S., and Suter, J. R., 1989. The geomorphology of the Mississippi River chenier plain. Marine Geology, 90, 231–258.
Price, W. A., 1954. Environment and Formation of the Chenier
Plain. College Station: A&M College of Texas, Department of
Oceanography. 7 pp.
Price, W. A., 1955. Environment and formation of the chenier plain.
Quaternaria, 2, 75–86.
Reineck, H. E., and Singh, I. B., 1980. Depositional Sedimentary
Environments. Berlin: Springer.
Rhodes, E. G., 1982. Depositional model for a chenier plain, Gulf of
Carpentaria, Australia. Sedimentology, 29, 201–221.
Rodríguez-Ramírez, A., and Yáñez-Camacho, C. M., 2008. Formation of chenier plain of the Doñana marshland (SW Spain):
observations and geomorphic model. Marine Geology, 254,
187–196.
Roy, P. S., Cowell, P. J., Ferland, M. A., and Thom, B. G., 1995.
Wave-dominated coasts. In Carter, R. W. G., and Woodroffe,
C. D. (eds.), Coastal Evolution: Late Quaternary Shoreline
Morphodynamics. Cambridge: Camdridge Press, Chap. 4,
pp. 121–186.
Schnack, E. J., Fasano, J. L., and Isla, F. I., 1982. The evolution of
Mar Chiquita lagoon, Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. In
Colquhoun, D. J. (ed.), Holocene Sea-Level Fluctuations: Magnitudes and Causes. Columbia, SC: Igcp 61, University of South
Carolina, pp. 143–155.
Schofield, J. C., 1960. Sea level fluctuations during the last 4,000
years as recorded by a chenier plain, Firth of Thames, New
Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 3,
467–485.
Short, A. D., 1988. The South Austalian coast and Holocene
sea-level transgression. Geographical Review, 78(2), 119–136.
Tanaka, A. P. B., 2010. Sedimentologı ´a, cronologı ´a e dina ´mica
progradacional das planicies costeiras de campos Verdes e Ji
(Laguna, SC). Unpublished thesis, Sao Paulo, Instituto de
Geociencias, USP, 113 pp.
Tanner, W. F., 1995. Origin of beach ridges and swales. Marine
Geology, 129, 149–161.
Toldo, E. E., 1991. Morfodina ´mica da Laguna dos Patos, Rio
Grande do Sul. Porto Alegre: Pesquisas, UFRGS, Vol. 18(1),
pp. 58–63.
Vilas, F., Arche, A., Ferrero, M., and Isla, F., 1999. Subantarctic
macrotidal flats, cheniers and beaches in San Sebastián Bay,
Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. Marine Geology, 160, 301–326.
Warne, A. G., Meade, R. H., White, W. A., Guevara, E. H., Gibeaut,
J., Smyth, R. C., Aslan, A., and Tremblay, T., 2002. Regional
controls on geomorphology, hydrology, and ecosystem integrity
in the Orinoco Delta, Venezuela. Geomorphology, 44, 273–307.
Wells, J. T., and Coleman, J. M., 1977. Nearshore suspended sediment variations, central Surinam coast. Marine Geology, 24,
M47–M54.
Wells, J. T., and Coleman, J. M., 1981. Periodic mudflat progradation:
Northeastern coast of South America: a hypothesis. Journal of
Sedimentary Petrology, 51(4), 1069–1075.
Wells, J. T., and Kemp, G. P., 1981. Atchafalaya mud stream and
recent mudflat procreation: Louisiana chenier plain. Transactions, Gulf Coast Society of Geological Sciences, XXXI,
pp. 409–416.
Wong, T. E., de Kramer, R., de Boer, P. L., Langereis, C., and
Sew-A-Tjon, J., 2009. The influence of sea-level changes on
tropical coastal lowlands; the Pleistocene Coropina Formation,
Suriname. Sedimentary Geology, 216, 125–137.
Woodroffe, C. D., 2002. Coasts: Form, Process and Evolution.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Woodroffe, C. D., Curtis, R. J., and McLean, R. F., 1983. Development of a chenier plain, Firth of Thames, New Zealand. Marine
Geology, 53, 1–22.
Xiqing, C., 1996. An integrated study of sediment discharge from
the Changjiang River, China, and the delta development since
the Mid-Holocene. Journal of Coastal Research, 12(1), 26–37.
Xitao, Z., 1989. Cheniers in China: an overview. Marine Geology,
90, 311–320.
Yan, Q., Xu, S., and Shao, X., 1989. Holocene cheniers in the Yangtze delta, China. Marine Geology, 90, 311–320.
Zenkovitch, V. P., 1959. On the genesis of cuspate spits along
lagoon shores. Journal of Geology. 67, 269–277.
Cross-references
Coastal Barriers
Delta Plain
Sand Ridge
Spit
CHENIERS AND REGRESSIVE BEDFORMS
121