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Contemporary issues in estuarine physics /

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Other Authors: Valle-Levinson, A. (Arnoldo)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Subjects:
Estuaries.
Estuaries > Hydrodynamics.
Estuaires.
Estuaires > Hydrodynamique.
estuaries.
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Table of Contents:
  • Definition and classification of estuaries
  • Estuarine salinity structure and circulation
  • Barotropic tides in channelized estuaries
  • Estuarine variability
  • Estuarine secondary circulation
  • Wind and tidally driven flows in semienclosed basin
  • Mixing in estuaries
  • The dynamics of estuary plumes and fronts
  • Low-inflow estuaries: hypersaline, inverse, and thermal scenarios
  • Implications of estuarine transport for water quality.