The influence of density gradients on the transport of solutes in a deep estuary |
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| Authors: | P. Lindsay E. J. Darbyshire R. W. Horsington N. M. Lynn J. R. West |
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| Affiliation: | (1) School of Civil Engineering, University of Birmingham, B15 2TT Birmingham, UK;(2) Department of Nuclear Science and Technology, Royal Naval College, SE 10 9NN London, UK |
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| Abstract: | This paper reports on an investigation into the lower Forth estuary where a combination of hydrody namic, dye and salinity measurement techniques have been employed to quantify the effects of temporally varying vertical and transverse density gradients on the diffusion and dispersion processes. It is concluded that the interaction of velocity shear and weak longitudinal salinity induced density gradient produces a complex and profound effect on estuarine solute mixing processes. |
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| Keywords: | field data estuaries solute mixing fronts pollution stratification shear |
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