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Salinity and tides in alluvial estuaries /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Savenije, H. H. G. (Hubert H. G.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2005.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Estuaries > Mathematical models.
Hydrodynamics > Mathematical models.
Saltwater encroachment > Mathematical models.
Tides > Mathematical models.
Table of Contents:
  • Importance of estuaries to mankind
  • Classification of estuaries
  • Estuary numbers
  • Alluvial estuaries and their characteristics
  • What will follow
  • Hydraulic equations
  • The shape of alluvial estuaries
  • Relating tide to shape
  • Tidal movement and amplification
  • Tidal wave propagation
  • Effect of river discharge and other higher order effects on tidal damping
  • The influence of climate change and human interference on estuaries
  • Types of mixing, their relative importance, and interaction
  • Gravitational circulation
  • Mixing by the tide
  • Residual circulation through flood and ebb channels
  • The decomposition method and why it is not very useful
  • Longitudinal effective dispersion
  • Van den Burgh's equation
  • General equation for longitudinal dispersion
  • Types of salt intrusion and shapes of salt intrusion curves
  • Salt balance equations
  • Influence of rainfall and evaporation
  • Time scales and conditions for steady state
  • Predictive model for steady state
  • Unsteady state model
  • Hypersaline estuaries
  • Concluding remarks.