QUESTIONING ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT ESTUARY BALANCE

QUESTIONING ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT ESTUARY BALANCE

Analytic theories of estuarine circulation almost always assume a steady balance between salt flushed seaward by river flow and salt returned to the estuary by tidal and baroclinic circulation. Real estuaries are often forced by environmental changes too rapid to be followed in near-equilibrium. Her...

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Veröffentlicht in:Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 2005-01, Vol.86 (1), p.34
Hauptverfasser: Banas, N S, Hickey, B M, MacCready, P, Newton, J A
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Sprache:eng
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Environmental changes
Estuaries
Oceanography
River flow
Saline water
Water resources
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Zusammenfassung:Analytic theories of estuarine circulation almost always assume a steady balance between salt flushed seaward by river flow and salt returned to the estuary by tidal and baroclinic circulation. Real estuaries are often forced by environmental changes too rapid to be followed in near-equilibrium. Here, Banas et al describe the questioning assumptions about estuary balance.
ISSN:0003-0007
1520-0477