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Mass transport mechanisms in partially stratified estuaries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 April 2006

Hugob. Fischer
Hugob. Fischer
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridget Permanent address: Department of Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California.
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Abstract

A number of mechanisms which transport dissolved constituents and maintain the salt balance in estuaries are described. Although some of these have already been analysed, two which appear to be the most important in many real estuaries have received little previous attention. The Mersey Estuary is used as an example in which to estimate the amount of mass transported by each mechanism. The computations show in part how little is known and how much hypothesis is still required in spit?e of the number of previous estuarine studies; one may conclude, however, that in many real estuaries the most important mass transport mechanism is the net (non-tidal) transverse circulation, which is induced in part by the boundary geometry and in part by the longitudinal density gradient.

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Research Article
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 53 , Issue 4 , 27 June 1972 , pp. 671 - 687
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© 1972 Cambridge University Press

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