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Development of the Turbidity Maximum in a Coastal Plain Estuary

Maynard M. NicholsGalen ThompsonDonald G. Thompson

出版	Virginia Institute of Marine Science, 1973
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=WpvUR_EJCC4C&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋

A study of the turbidity maximum in the Rappahannock Estuary, Virginia was conducted to determine how high concentrations of suspended sediment accumulate to form a maximum. Time-series observations of current velocity, salinity and suspended sediment over 8 to 18 tidal cycles reveal that the maximum forms in a convergence of bottom residual currents near the transition between fresh and salty water. Sediment supplied mainly by the river, is transported into the convergence by density currents and accumulates since velocity is nearly zero and settling exceeds upward mixing. (Modified author abstract).