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The coastline of the State of Paraíba is approximately 145 km long. The sediment deficient character of this coast, with reduced sediment input, has resulted in long-term shoreline retreat. As a consequence, erosion of local sediment sources, such as the coarse grained Barreiras Formation, provided most of the sediment to the shoreline. These aspects, associated with a tropical climate, favoured the development of coral-algal reef structures and beachrocks which sheltered the shoreline from wave energy. The combination of medium to coarse sands and wave sheltering, has resulted in a dominance of reflective and low-energy intermediate beaches (i.e. ridge-runnel or low-tide beach terrace).
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This study is a contribution of inctAmbTropic—Brazilian National Institute of Science and Technology for Tropical Marine Environments, CNPq/FAPESB Grants: 565054/2010-4 and 8936/2011. ACSP Bittencourt and JML Dominguez thank CNPq for a Research Fellowship.
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Dominguez, J.M.L., Neves, S.M., da Silva Pinto Bittencourt, A.C. (2016). Sandy Beaches of the State of Paraíba: The Importance of Geological Heritage. In: Short, A., Klein, A. (eds) Brazilian Beach Systems. Coastal Research Library, vol 17. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30394-9_9
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