Two new conceptual models for the formation and degradation of baymouth spits by longshore drift and fluvial discharge (Iguape, se Brazil)

This study describes the formation of two successive baymouth spits systems on the south-eastern Brazilian coast and the degradation of the first system. The study area includes the Jureia Beach spit, the deflected Ribeira de Iguape River mouth, the central Iguape sandy headland, the Icapara Inlet o...