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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: H.H.G. Savenije (TU Delft, Delft, The Netherlands)Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology Imprint: Elsevier Science Ltd Dimensions: Width: 16.50cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 24.00cm Weight: 0.530kg ISBN: 9780444521071ISBN 10: 0444521070 Pages: 208 Publication Date: 16 December 2005 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of Contents1. Description and classification of alluvial estuaries 1.1 Importance of estuaries to mankind 1.2 Classification of estuaries 1.3 Estuary numbers 1.4 Alluvial estuaries and their characteristics 1.5 What will follow 2. Tide and estuary shape: 2.1 Basic hydraulic equations 2.2 The shape of alluvial estuaries 2.3 Relating tide to shape 3. Tidal dynamics 3.1 Tidal movement and amplification 3.2 Tidal wave propagation 3.3 The effect of river discharge and higher order effects on tidal damping 3.4 The influence of climate change and human interference on estuaries 4. Mixing in alluvial estuaries 4.1 Types of mixing and their relative importance 4.2 Gravitational circulation 4.3 Mixing by the tide 4.4 Residual circulation through ebb and flood channels 4.5 The decomposition method 4.6 Longitudinal effective dispersion 4.7 Van den burgh's equation 4.8 General equation for longitudinal dispersion 5. Salt intrusion in alluvial estuaries 5.1 Types of salt intrusion and typical shapes of salt intrusion curves 5.2 Salt balance equations 5.3 Influence of rainfall and evaporation 5.4 Time scale and conditions for steady state 5.5 Predictive model for steady state 5.6 Unsteady state model 5.7 Hyper-saline estuaries 5.8 Concluding remarksReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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