Heavy minerals are typically rare but important components of siliciclastic sediments and rocks.
Their abundance, proportions, and variability carry valuable information on source rocks, …

Abstract Knowledge of the transparent heavy minerals present in the sand fraction of
sediments on the northern Portuguese continental margin rests on the study of 504 samples, …

Today, scientific literacy has become increasingly important as a hallmark of citizenship and
as a way to facilitate many of life’s daily decisions. Scientific literacy can be achieved …

Neste artigo, destacamos o papel do cálculo mental na aprendizagem da Matemática,
apresentando tarefas desenvolvidas nas aulas de Matemática do 1.º Ciclo do Ensino Básico, …

A fluorescent sand-tracer experiment was performed at Comporta Beach (Portugal) with the
aim of acquiring longshore sediment transport data on a reflective beach, the optimization of …

The aim of this study is to discuss and to extend the characterization of (palaeo)tsunami
deposits, and their source materials, based upon the detailed study of their heavy mineral …

This paper presents a multi-proxy study of sediment samples from the area of the northern
Gulf of Cadiz Shelf (SW Iberia) influenced by the Guadiana River. 471 surface sediment …

Recent work has applied microtextural and heavy mineral analyses to sandy storm and
tsunami deposits from Portugal, Scotland, Indonesia and the USA. We looked at the …

On the basis of sedimentological and oceanographical data, a transport scheme for fine-grained
material is proposed in order to explain the location of a muddy deposit present in the …

Forthy eight surface sediment samples were collected in April and July 2002 in the Minho and
Coura estuaries, where pronounced daily changes in environment conditions were found. …