Salinity and tides in alluvial estuaries
By: by Hubert H.G. Savenije.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 194
Subjects: Estuaries -- Mathematical models.; Hydrodynamics -- Mathematical models.; Saltwater encroachment -- Mathematical models.; Tides -- Mathematical models.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-190) and index.
Table of contents: title: Importance of estuaries to mankind; title: Classification of estuaries; title: Estuary numbers; title: Alluvial estuaries and their characteristics; title: What will follow; title: Hydraulic equations; title: The shape of alluvial estuaries; title: Relating tide to shape; title: Tidal movement and amplification; title: Tidal wave propagation; title: Effect of river discharge and other higher order effects on tidal damping; title: The influence of climate change and human interference on estuaries; title: Types of mixing, their relative importance, and interaction; title: Gravitational circulation; title: Mixing by the tide; title: Residual circulation through flood and ebb channels; title: The decomposition method and why it is not very useful; title: Longitudinal effective dispersion; title: Van den Burgh's equation; title: General equation for longitudinal dispersion; title: Types of salt intrusion and shapes of salt intrusion curves; title: Salt balance equations; title: Influence of rainfall and evaporation; title: Time scales and conditions for steady state; title: Predictive model for steady state; title: Unsteady state model; title: Hypersaline estuaries; title: Concluding remarks.