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We describe the tidal circulation and salinity regime of a coastal plain estuary that connects to the ocean through a flood
tide delta. The delta acts as a sill, and we examine the mechanisms through which the sill affects exchange of estuarine water
with the ocean. Given enough buoyancy, the dynamics of tidal intrusion fronts across the sill and selective withdrawal (aspiration)
in the deeper channel landward appear to control the exchange of seawater with estuarine water. Comparison of currents on
the sill and stratification in the channel reveals aspiration depths smaller than channel depth during neap tide. During neap
tide and strong vertical stratification, seawater plunges beneath the less dense estuarine water somewhere on the sill. Turbulence
in the intruding bottom layer on the sill promotes entrainment of fluid from the surface layer, and the seawater along the
sill bottom is diluted with estuarine water. During ebb flow, salt is effectively trapped landward of the sill in a stagnant
zone between the aspiration depth and the bottom where it can be advected farther upstream by flood currents. During spring
tide, the plunge point moves landward and off the sill, stratification is weakened in the deep channel, and aspiration during
ebb extends to the bottom. This prevents the formation of stagnant water near the bottom, and the estuary is flooded with
high salinity water far inland. The neapspring cycle of tidal intrusion fronts on flood coupled with aspiration during ebb
interacts with the sill to play an important role in the transport and retention of salt within the estuary. 相似文献
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A tidally-induced frontal system regularly develops in a small area off Newport News Point in the lower James River, one of the tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay. In conjunction with the front, a strong counter-clockwise eddy develops on the shoals flanking the northern side of the channel as the result of tidal interaction with the local bathymetry and estuarine stratification. A three-dimensional hydrodynamic model was applied to simulate the eddy evolution and front development, and to investigate time-varying circulation and material transport over a spring-neap tidal cycle. The model results show that variation of tidal range, together with periodic stratification-destratification of the estuary, has a significant impact on the residual circulation of the lower James River. The net surface water circulation, which takes the form of a counterclockwise eddy on the Hampton Flats, is stronger during neap tide than during spring tide. Strong stratification and weak flood current during neap tide results in a dominant ebb flow at the surface, which delays flooding within the channel and advances the phase lead of flood tide on shoals adjacent to the channel, thus increasing both period and intensity of the eddy. Front development in the area off Newport News Point provides a linkage between shoal surface water and channel bottom water, producing a strong net upriver bottom transport. The existence of the vertical transport mechanism was independently demonstrated through tracer experiments. The impact of the dynamics on larval dispersion was investigated through a series of model simulations of the movement of shellfish larvae over multiple tidal cycles following their release at selected bottom sites. These results show that eddy-induced horizontal circulation and vertical transport associated with the frontal system are important mechanisms for the retention of larval organisms in the James River. 相似文献
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The effects of estuarine circulation and tidal trapping on transport in the Hudson estuary were investigated by a large-scale,
high-resolution numerical model simulation of a tracer release. The modeled and measured longitudinal profiles of surface
tracer concentrations (plumes) differ from the ideal Gaussian shape in two ways: on a large scale the plume is asymmetric
with the downstream end stretching out farther, and small-scale (1–2 km) peaks are present at the upstream and downstream
ends of the plume. A number of diagnostic model simulations (e.g., remove freshwater flow) were performed to understand the
processes responsible for these features. These simulations show that the large-scale asymmetry is related to salinity. The
salt causes an estuarine circulation that decreases vertical mixing (vertical density gradient), increases longitudinal dispersion
(increased vertical and lateral gradients in longitudinal velocities), and increases net downstream velocities in the surface
layer. Since salinity intrusion is confined to the downstream end of the tracer plume, only that part of the plume is effected
by those processes, which leads to the largescale asymmetry. The small-scale peaks are due to tidal trapping. Small embayments
along the estuary trap water and tracer as the plume passes by in the main channel. When the plume in the main channel has
passed, the tracer is released back to the main channel, causing a secondary peak in the longitudinal profile. 相似文献
4.
为研究磨刀门盐水混合层化特征,基于SCHISM模型,建立了三维盐度数值模型,根据实测资料对其进行验证。结合水体势能异常理论,对枯季磨刀门河口混合层化的时空变化特征及深槽与浅滩的层化机制差异进行分析。结果表明:磨刀门河口小潮时水体层化最强,中潮时水体层化最弱,且拦门沙至挂定角段水体层化始终较强。磨刀门深槽水体层化主要受纵向平流、纵向水深平均应变和垂向混合影响,而浅滩水体层化则受横向平流、横向水深平均应变和垂向混合影响;磨刀门河口表、底层水体湍动能耗散率较高,而中间水层存在低耗散区,且涨潮时湍动能耗散率比落潮时大。 相似文献
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A 3-D coastal ocean model with a tidal turbine module was used in this paper to study the effects of tidal energy extraction on temperature and salinity stratification and density-driven two-layer estuarine circulation. Numerical experiments with various turbine array configurations were carried out to investigate the changes in tidally averaged temperature, salinity, and velocity profiles in an idealized stratified estuary that connects to coastal water through a narrow tidal channel. The model was driven by tides, river inflow, and sea surface heat flux. To represent the realistic size of commercial tidal farms, model simulations were conducted based on a small percentage (less than 10 %) of the total number of turbines that would generate the maximum extractable energy in the system. Model results show that extraction of tidal in-stream energy will increase the vertical mixing and decrease the stratification in the estuary. Installation of in-stream tidal farm will cause a phase lag in tidal wave, which leads to large differences in tidal currents between baseline and tidal farm conditions. Extraction of tidal energy in an estuarine system has stronger impact on the tidally averaged salinity, temperature, and velocity in the surface layer than the bottom layer even though the turbine hub height is close to the bottom. Finally, model results also indicate that extraction of tidal energy weakens the two-layer estuarine circulation, especially during neap tides when tidal mixing is weakest and energy extraction is smallest. 相似文献
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The Miocene Barreiras Formation in the Middle Rio Capim area records an incised valley system for which facies analysis and ichnology (Skolithos, Ophiomorpha, Planolites, Gyrolithes, Taenidium) suggest an estuarine character. Three stratigraphic units are recognized (from bottom to top): Unit 1 includes an inner estuarine tidal channel complex and tidal flat/salt marsh deposits; Unit 2 consists of estuarine bay/lagoon and flood tidal delta deposits related to the estuary mouth; and Unit 3 includes a tidal channel with a tidal point bar, as well as tidal flat/salt marsh deposits similar to those from Unit 1. These units and their bounding surfaces record the history of relative sea level changes in the estuary. After a sea level drop, the valley was inundated and formed an amalgamated sequence boundary and transgressive surface. Transgression (Unit 1) promoted the landward shift of flood tidal deltas and lagoon settings (Unit 2). The system then moved seaward, with the superposition of inner estuarine deposits (Unit 3) over Unit 2. Facies architecture seems to have been controlled by tectonics, as shown by: the paleovalley orientation according to the main tectonic structures of the basin; the presence of faults and fractures that displace the basal unconformity; and the abundance of soft sediment deformation. 相似文献
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Arun Chawla David A. Jay António M. Baptista Michael Wilkin Charles Seaton 《Estuaries and Coasts》2008,31(2):269-288
The long-term response of circulation processes to external forcing has been quantified for the Columbia River estuary using
in situ data from an existing coastal observatory. Circulation patterns were determined from four Acoustic Doppler Profilers
(ADP) and several conductivity–temperature sensors placed in the two main channels. Because of the very strong river discharge,
baroclinic processes play a crucial role in the circulation dynamics, and the interaction of the tidal and subtidal baroclinic
pressure gradients plays a major role in structuring the velocity field. The input of river flow and the resulting low-frequency
flow dynamics in the two channels are quite distinct. Current and salinity data were analyzed on two time scales—subtidal
(or residual) and tidal (both diurnal and semidiurnal components). The residual currents in both channels usually showed a
classical two-layer baroclinic circulation system with inflow at the bottom and outflow near the surface. However, this two-layer
system is transient and breaks down under strong discharge and tidal conditions because of enhanced vertical mixing. Influence
of shelf winds on estuarine processes was also observed via the interactions with upwelling and downwelling processes and
coastal plume transport. The transient nature of residual inflow affects the long-term transport characteristics of the estuary.
Effects of vertical mixing could also be seen at the tidal time scale. Tidal velocities were separated into their diurnal
and semidiurnal components using continuous wavelet transforms to account for the nonstationary nature of velocity amplitudes.
The vertical structure of velocity amplitudes were considerably altered by baroclinic gradients. This was particularly true
for the diurnal components, where tidal asymmetry led to stronger tidal velocities near the bottom. 相似文献
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James T. Liu 《Estuaries and Coasts》1992,15(2):109-121
Field data of tidal current speeds collected January 9–31, 1990, in Sebastian Inlet, which connects the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian River Lagoon on the east coast of central Florida, show that the average Eulerian and Stokes residual currents are both lagoonward. This pattern can be used to explain the long-term trend of accumulations of marine sediments on the flood tidal delta adjacent to the lagoon end of the inlet. Numerical model results indicate that the long-term Stokes residual current is mainly determined by the tidal characteristics of the lagoon and ocean, and subsequently, are less variable. The long-term lagoonward Eulerian current, on the other hand, is interrupted by episodic weather events such as frontal storms. Storms can cause the abrupt superelevation of instantaneous water-levels on the lagoon side of the inlet. The short-lived pulses of freshwater inflow into the lagoon associated with storms could be discharged through the inlet instantaneously. Both the instantaneous superelevation of lagoon water levels and freshwater outflow can cause temporary reversal of Eulerian residual current in the inlet. Therefore, the general residual flow pattern in Sebastian Inlet is not only determined by the tidal characteristics of the Atlantic Ocean and Indian River Lagoon but also by the wind and precipitation associated with episodic storms, and by the long-term mean sea-level difference between the lagoon and the ocean. 相似文献
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A local, one-dimensional, depth-dependent model is used in conjunction with a one-dimensional, longitudinal, hydrodynamical model to examine the mechanisms affecting yertical profiles of longitudinal residual current in the macrotidal (tidal range typically exceeds 4 m during spring tides), partly-mixed Tamar Estuary. Residual currents are simulated at a deep (15m) station in the lower reaches, which possesses a small tidal amplitude to depth ratio and a nonzero salinity throughout the tidal cycle, as well as at a shallow station in the upper reaches, which varies in depth from 1 m at low water, when salinity is zero, to 5 m at high water. A slow, up-estuary current dominates the residual circulation just beneath the high-water level at the deeper station. Further down the water column a down-estuary residual current develops which is the near-surface component of a two-layer gravitational circulation. The up-estuary component of this gravitational circulation occurs deeper in the column and extends to the bed at the deep station, whereas at the shallow station it is eventually dominated by a down-estuary current in the bottom 1 m. Simulated residual currents are fairly insensitive to estuary-bed slope and to observed depth variations in longitudinal density gradient. Residual current profiles of the observed form can only be generated by a longitudinal density gradient. The reduction in vertical eddy viscosity by water column stability due to stratification is an essential requirement for producing a strong gravitational circulation of the observed magnitude. Stratification at the shallow station is much higher during the ebb than during the flood and this asymmetry enhances the gravitational circulation in the upper reaches. The formation of residual flows at both stations is illustrated by showing time-series data over a tidal cycle for the simulated current profiles. 相似文献
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Sylvain Capo Isabelle Brenon Aldo Sottolichio Patrice Castaing Patrick Le Goulven 《Journal of African Earth Sciences》2009,55(1-2):52
In comparison to their temperate counterparts, sediment processes in tropical estuaries are poorly known and especially in African ones. The hydrodynamics of such environments is controlled by a combination of multiple processes including morphology, salinity, mangrove vegetation, tidal processes, river discharge, settling and erosion of mud and by physico-chemical processes as well as sediment dynamics.The aim of this study is to understand the sediment processes in this transitional stage of the estuary when the balance between river discharges and marine processes is reversing. Studying the hydrodynamics and sediment dynamics of the Konkouré Estuary has recently been made possible thanks to new data on bathymetry, sedimentary cover, salinity, water elevations, and current velocities. The Lower Konkouré is a shallow, funnel shaped, mesotidal mangrove-fringed, tide-dominated estuary, well mixed during low river discharge and stratified during high river discharge. The Konkouré Estuary is turbid despite the small amount of terrestrial input and its residual velocity at the mouth during low river discharges, landwards for two of the three branches, suggests a landward migration by tidal pumping of the suspended particulate matter. A Turbidity Maximum Zone (TMZ) is identified for typical states of the estuary with regard to fluvial and tidal components. Suspended sediment transport during a transitional stage between the rainy and dry seasons is known thanks to current velocity and Suspended Sediment Concentration (SSC) measurements taken in November 2003. The Richardson layered number calculation assesses that turbulence is the major mixing process in the water column, at least during the flood and ebb stages, whereas stratification occurs during the slack water periods. Tidal currents generate bottom erosion, and turbulence mixes the suspended sediment throughout the water column. As a result, a net sediment input is calculated from the western Konkouré outlet for two consecutive tidal cycles. Despite the net water export, almost 300 tons per tide reach the estuary through this outlet, for a moderate river flow. 相似文献
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发展了一个三维水动力学模型.该模型在水底磨擦项计算中,采用了流速的平方根法;在湍流扩散系数的估算中,采用了带稳定度函数的参数化方案;对垂直方向上的坐标进行了压缩,引入σ坐标;对时间变量则采用了分离模式技术,即外部模式(快过程)与内部模式(慢过程);而求解外部模式时,采用了显式一隐式格式交错法(ADI),从而使模型不仅计算时间缩短,且可应用于水很深而水平空间尺度很小,又有热力分层的水域中.最后作为该模型的一个实用性试验,选择了美国犹他州East Canyon水库,利用该模型探讨了温跃层对风、人流及出流变化的响应情况. 相似文献
12.
Tidal choking and bed friction in Negombo Lagoon,Sri Lanka 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
We have studied bed friction and water exchange in a small, almost enclosed, shallow lagoon in Sri Lanka, where both tides and freshwater supply are important for the circulation. Because of the narrow entrance, the lagoon is strongly choked for semidiurnal tidal forcing (the choking coefficient is 0.25). A set of tide gauges positioned on each side of the entrance channel was used to calculate bed friction. Measurements made over three short periods having different freshwater supply to the lagoon indicate an average friction (drag) coefficient CD=0.0041±0.0002 (using a quadratic friction law). A comparison between observed and calculated velocities in the channel for a variety of velocities, indicates that the quadratic friction law is a good tool for parameterization. High freshwater supply increases the lagoonal sea level substantially and decreases the residence time. 相似文献
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为了准确分析洪涝灾害对防洪体系现状的影响，做出相应的防洪减灾措施，以浙江省台州市灵江下游流域为研究区域，构建了基于Saint-Venant方程的水动力学耦合模型，对河道溃决洪水过程进行实时仿真模拟。综合考虑研究区域地形、气象、水文资料、水利工程、下垫面条件等因素，在一维河网模型和二维水动力学模型耦合衔接中，最大程度还原真实地形中河槽内外的水流交互淹没，借助研究区域内典型台风暴雨资料，率定验证本文建立的一维-二维耦合水动力学模型，检验后的模型可实现灵江下游沿岸城市不同量级设计洪水及历史洪水的实时淹没过程模拟。模型计算结果表明，该模型模拟复杂地形条件情况下流域洪水实时演进过程达到了较高精度，在水系沿程典型断面水位计算值与实测值误差不超过0.1 m。 相似文献
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In October of 2004, a 3-d observational program to measure flow and sediment resuspension within a coastal intertidal salt
marsh was conducted in the North Inlet/Winyah Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve located near Georgetown, South Carolina.
Current and acoustic backscatter profiles were obtained from a moored acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) deployed in
a shallow tidal channel during the spring phase of the tidal cycle under high discharge conditions. The channel serves as
a conduit between Winyah Bay, a large brackish estuary, and North Inlet, a saline intertidal coastal salt marsh with little
freshwater input. Salinity measurements indicate that the water column is vertically well mixed during flood, but becomes
vertically stratified during early ebb. The stratification results from brackish (15 psu) Winyah Bay water entering North
Inlet via the tidal channel, suggesting an exchange mechanism that permits North Inlet to receive a fraction of the poor water
quality and high discharge flow from upland rivers. Although maximum flood currents exceed maximum ebb currents by 0.2 m s−1, suspended sediment concentrations are highest during the latter ebb phase and persist for a longer fraction of the ebb cycle.
Even though the channel is flood-dominated, the higher concentrations occurring over a longer fraction of the ebb phase indicate
net particulate transport from Winyah Bay to North Inlet during spring tide accompanied by high discharge. Our evidence suggests
that the higher concentrations during ebb result from increased bed friction caused by flow asymmetries and variations in
water depth in which the highest stresses occur near the end of ebb near low water despite stronger maximum currents during
flood. 相似文献
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A three-dimensional numerical model is used to investigate the mechanisms that contribute to the formation of the turbidity
maxima in the York River, Virginia (U.S.). The model reproduces the basic features in both salinity and total suspended sediments
(TSS) fields for three different patterns. Both the prominent estuary turbidity maximum (ETM) and the newly discovered secondary
turbidity maximum (STM) are simulated when river discharge is relatively low. At higher river inflow, the two turbidity maxima
move closer to each other. During very high river discharge event, only the prominent turbidity maximum is simulated. Diagnostic
model studies also suggest that bottom resuspension is an important source of TSS in both the ETM and the STM, and confirm
the observed association between the turbidity maxima and the stratification patterns in the York River estuary. The ETM is
usually located near the head of salt intrusion and the STM is often associated with a transition zone between upriver well
mixed and downriver more stratified water columns. Analysis of the model results from the diagnostic studies indicates that
the location of the ETM is well associated with the null point of bottom residual flow. Convergent bottom residual flow, as
well as tidal asymmetry, is the most important mechanisms that contribute to the formation of the STM. the STM often exists
in a region with landward decrease of bottom residual flow and net landward sediment flux due to tidal asymmetry. The channel
depth of this region usually decreases sharply upriver. As channel depth decreases, vertical mixing increases and hence the
water column is better mixed landward of the STM. 相似文献
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Noel Carbajal Juan A. Dworak Yovani Montaño-Ley Cristina Noyola-Medrano 《Environmental Earth Sciences》2014,72(2):429-440
A two-dimensional, vertically integrated, nonlinear numerical model was applied to investigate the tide-driven bed load transport of sediments and morphodynamics in the shallow coastal lagoon of Yavaros, located in the southeastern part of the Gulf of California, Mexico. Satellite imagery exposes strong sediment dynamics in this coastal region. The dynamics in the lagoon were forced by 13 tidal constituents at the open boundary. Tides are of a mixed character and they are predominantly semidiurnal. The calculations showed areas of intense tidal currents and considerable water exchange with the Gulf of California. Numerical experiments revealed an ebb-dominant tidal distortion and a net export of sediment from the lagoon to the Gulf of California. A simulation of 20 years showed that the lagoon exported about 1,600 m3 of sediment; however, the daily oscillating exchange of sediment reached values of around 8 m3. The daily averaged flux of export–import sediments oscillates principally with semiannual, monthly and fortnightly periods. By applying a threshold velocity, a variable friction coefficient and the calculated amplitude of tidal velocities, it was possible to determine that morphological changes occur in zones of sharp topographic gradients and to explain the effect of friction on the export–import process of sediments. A 10-year simulation revealed that accumulation of sediment (~20 cm) occurred in small areas, whereas erosion occurred in larger areas but with less intensity (~8 cm). Besides the importance for the morphodynamics, these kinds of erosion–accretion processes may be relevant for the marine ecology. 相似文献
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海南岛洋浦湾沉积作用研究 总被引：9，自引：0，他引：9
本文对海南岛洋浦湾海域的洋浦湾、新英湾、洋浦深槽及拦门沙浅滩的沉积环境和沉积特征做了描述、讨论，对河流、海岸侵蚀和珊瑚礁生物的３种沉积物来源及数量做了分析计算，得出其总量为９×１０4ｍ３／ａ。根据钻孔柱状样的14Ｃ及210Ｐｂ分析，得出８０００ａＢ．Ｐ．以来沉积速率为０．１～０．２ｃｍ／ａ，近百年来沉积速率为１～２ｃｍ／ａ。 相似文献
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On the linkages among density, flow, and bathymetry gradients at the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
Arnoldo Valle-Levinson William C. Boicourt Michael R. Roman 《Estuaries and Coasts》2003,26(6):1437-1449
Linkages among density, flow, and bathymetry gradients were explored at the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay with underway measurements of density and flow profiles. Four tidal cycles were sampled along a transect that crossed the bay entrance during cruises in April–May of 1997 and in July of 1997. The April–May cruise coincided with neap tides, while the July cruise occurred during spring tides. The bathymetry of the bay entrance transect featured a broad Chesapeake Channel, 8 km wide and 17 m deep, and a narrow North Channel, 2 km wide and 14 m deep. The two channels were separated by an area with typical depths of 7 m. Linkages among flows, bathymetry, and water density were best established over the North Channel during both cruises. Over this channel, greatest convergence rates alternated from the left (looking into the estuary) slope of the channel during ebb to the right slope during flood as a result of the coupling between bathymetry and tidal flow through bottom friction. These convergences were linked to the strongest transverse shears in the along-estuary tidal flow and to the appearance of salinity fronts, most markedly during ebb periods. In the wide channel, the Chesapeake Channel, frontogenesis mechanisms over the northern slope of the channel were similar to those in the North Channel only in July, when buoyancy was relatively weak and tidal forcing was relatively strong. In April–May, when buoyancy was relatively large and tidal forcing was relatively weak, the recurrence of fronts over the same northern slope of the Chesapeake Channel was independent of the tidal phase. The distinct frontogenesis in the Chesapeake Channel during the increased buoyancy period was attributed to a strong pycnocline that insulated the surface tidal flow from the effects of bottom friction, which tends to decrease the strength of the tidal flow over relatively shallow areas. 相似文献
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Preliminary observation of a tidal intrusion front inside the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
In situ sampling during flooding tidal flow and southerly winds shows the up-estuary translation of a surface front along
the Thimble Shoal channel, which is located in the southern part of Chesapeake Bay. Currents and surface density were measured
using a towed acoustic Doppler current profiler and CTD, and a ship-borne radar was used to monitor the orientation and planform
of the front, which varied over time. These preliminary observations suggest that dense shelf water, upwelled to the surface
along the coast near Cape Henry, Virginia, can be found well into the southern part of the bay during flood, and that the
boundary between the intruding shelf water and less dense estuarine water has many of the same characteristics as tidal intrusion
fronts found in smaller scale estuaries. 相似文献
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Bruno d'Anglejan 《Estuaries and Coasts》1981,4(1):2-15
The suspension transport away from the extensive turbidity zone of the St. Lawrence estuary is largely determined by the channel topography. The suspended sediments are advected downstream by a 40 km long turbid plume which takes its source in a turbidity maximum at the head of the estuary and flows downstream partly confined by the South Channel. During the ebbing phase of tidal cycles, the turbid waters of the plume are forced downstream through narrow converging sections of the channel, and slowed down through more opened diverging regions, particularly down-stream of the St. Roch Traverse. These, large fluctuations in stratification modulate the vertical transport of suspended material from the bottom to the surface layer. Midway down the estuary, dispersion of the plume occurs along a frontal zone which seasonally migrates 30 km or more in response to changes in fresh water discharge. The plume is reinforced and the turbidity gradient is intensified by local injections of inshore waters from Ste. Anne Bay, a subtidal platform highly enriched in suspended material by intertidal exchanges with large mudllats. Lateral erosion of the plume and cross-channel transport of suspended matter from the South into the North Channel is made possible by large horizontal shears developing in the central part of the middle estuary during the early flood. These are created by a one-hour tidal phase difference between the North and the South Channel. 相似文献