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Residual Currents and Long-term Transport

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York
Year
1990
ISBN
978-1-4613-9063-3, 978-1-4613-9061-9
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4613-9061-9
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
20 MB (20675933 bytes)
Series
Coastal and Estuarine Studies 38
Edition
1
Pages
544\544
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-01 04:00:00

Description

Estuaries, bays and contiguous coastal seas are the world's most valuable, and yet most vulnerable marine ecosystems. Fundamental to the protection and management of these important resources is an understand- ing of the physical processes involved which affect the circulation, mixing, and transport of salt, nutrients and sediment. Residual Currentsand Long-Term Transport processes appear to have direct control over freshwater inflows, contaminant loadings, dispersion and transport of sediments and nutrients, and causes of declining living resources. This volume provides a comprehensive and up-to-date summary of the research results on these processes in estuaries and bays. Contributions from ten countries include results based on theoretical formulations, analyses of field data, numerical models and case studies.

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