The effect of secondary circulation on the salt distribution in a sinuous coastal plain estuary: Satilla River, GA, USA

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-28

  Seim, H E ^a,b   Blanton, J O ^b   Elston, S A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

^c University of Maine   (United States)

Author keywords

Axial salinity distribution; Channel meanders; Lateral salinity distribution; Neap spring cycle; Salt exchange; Secondary circulation; Stratification

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; COASTAL CIRCULATION; COASTAL PLAIN; RIVER DISCHARGE; SALINE INTRUSION; STRATIFICATION;

GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; SATILLA ESTUARY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57749108495     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2008.03.018     Document Type: Article

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