Physical Processes in Estuaries

ISBN-13: 9783642736933 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 560 str.

Job Dronkers; Wim Van Leussen

Opis

In Physical Processes in Estuaries the present day knowledge of the physics of transport phenomena in estuaries and their mathematical treatment is summarized: It is divided into following parts: - Water movements in estuaries - Estuarine fronts and river plumes - Internal waves and interface stability - Fine sediment transport, aggregation of particles, settling velocity of mud flocs - Sedimentation and erosion of fine sediments. For each topic an up-to-date review and recommendations for future research are given, followed by results of original studies. Since estuarine environments are the first to be threatened by urbanization and industrial exploitation this book is an important tool for students and researchers of environmental problems as well as for consultants and water authorities.

Spis treści

Physical Processes in Estuaries: An Introduction (With 11 Figures).- Physical Processes in Estuaries: An Introduction (With 11 Figures).- I Estuarine Flow Dynamics and Mass Transport in Estuaries.- Physical Processes of Water Movement in Estuaries, Circulation Dynamics, and Salinity Intrusion.- Residual Circulation in and Classification of Shallow, Stratified Estuaries (With 7 Figures).- Deterministic Diffusion, Effective Shear and Patchiness in Shallow Tidal Flows (With 6 Figures).- Estuarine Fronts and River Plumes.- Estuarine Fronts and River Plumes (With 13 Figures).- Outflow and Three-Dimensional Spreading of Rhine River Water in the Netherlands Coastal Zone (With 14 Figures).- Vertical Transport Across an Estuary Front (With 11 Figures).- Spreading of a River Plume: Field Observations, Integral Model Analyses and Numerical Experiments (With 12 Figures).- The Measurement and Modelling of Axial Convergence in Shallow Well-Mixed Estuaries (With 10 Figures).- Turbulence and Mixing in Stratified Tidal Flows.- Turbulence and Mixing in Stratified Tidal Flows (With 10 Figures).- The Advance of a Salt Wedge Front: Observations and Dynamical Model (With 8 Figures).- The Structure of Turbulence in Partially Mixed Estuaries (With 8 Figures).- Internal Waves and Interface Stability.- On Internal Waves in Partially Mixed and Stratified Tidal Flows (With 9 Figures).- Internal Waves and Mixing in Stratified Estuarine Flows (With 9 Figures).- Mathematical Modelling of Stratified Flows.- On the Numerical Modelling of Stratified Flows (With 10 Figures).- Algebraic Turbulence Model for Stratified Tidal Flows (With 6 Figures).- II Mud Transport Phenomena.- Fine Sediment Particle Transport in Estuaries.- Fine Sediment Particle Transport in Estuaries (With 5 Figures).- River Outflow and Mud Deposition in a Monsoon-Dominated Coastal Environment (With 12 Figures).- Hydrographic Measurements in the Turbidity Zone of the Weser Estuary (With 7 Figures).- Aggregation of Particles, Settling Velocity of Mud Flocs.- Aggregation of Particles, Settling Velocity of Mud Flocs A Review (With 33 Figures).- Settling Velocity of Mud Flocs: Results of Field Measurements in the Elbe and the Weser Estuary (With 13 Figures).- Sedimation and Erosion of Fine Sediments.- Laboratory Studies on Cohesive Sediment Deposition and Erosion (With 7 Figures).- The Structure of a Bottom Sediment Boundary Layer in Central Long Island Sound (With 11 Figures).- Fluid Mud Layers in Estuaries.- High Concentration Suspension (Fluid Mud) Layers in Estuaries (With 11 Figures).- Small Strain, Low Shear Rate Rheometry of Cohesive Sediments (With 10 Figures).- Mathematical Modelling of Mud Transport in Estuaries.- Mathematical Modelling of Mud Transport in Estuaries (With 15 Figures).- Mud Transport Modelling (With 6 Figures).- Evaluation.- Physical Processes in Estuaries; Some Evaluating Remarks.