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Coasts ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-72
Author(s):  
Ana Isabel Santos ◽  
Anabela Oliveira ◽  
Dora Carinhas ◽  
José Paulo Pinto ◽  
M. Conceição Freitas

Exploratory statistical partitioning methods (K-means Clustering analysis) were applied to ADCP monitoring datasets collected inside the Douro and Minho estuaries. This analysis is aimed to discriminate ADCP acoustic responses according to the variations of the suspended particles within the ensonified medium. Based on the interpretation of the results, this work establishes general sediment transport patterns at both estuaries’ exits under continuously varying river flows and tidal amplitudes recorded during a summer dry seasonal scenario (September 2005) and winter high river discharge (January/February 2007) conditions. Results confirm the already known present scarcity of (sandy) sediment export from the Douro and Minho estuaries into the inner shelf and the consequent sediment depletion of the adjacent littoral, with no effective contribution of the Douro and some evidence of sand export observed at the Minho outlet during the winter of 2007.


Coasts ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Isabel Santos ◽  
Anabela Oliveira ◽  
José Paulo Pinto ◽  
M. Conceição Freitas

The tidal variability of the Minho and Douro lower estuaries (NW Portugal) water column structure was assessed at the semi-diurnal and fortnightly time scales under two contrasting seasonal river flow scenarios during the summer of 2005 and winter of 2006. Sediment fluxes inferred from calibrated ADCP acoustic backscatter revealed that, during spring tides and low runoff conditions, both estuaries act as sinks instead of sources of sediments into the inner shelf. Sediment export occurred during neaps, in both estuaries, when the river flow values were high enough to counteract the effect of the entering flood. No evidence of coarse sediment export into the inner shelf that would eventually nourish the littoral system could be inferred from these datasets.


Geoheritage ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Helena Henriques ◽  
Rui Pena dos Reis
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2021 ◽  
Vol 80 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula M. Carreira ◽  
José Manuel Marques ◽  
Ana Guerra ◽  
Dina Nunes ◽  
Jorge Espinha Marques ◽  
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