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dc.contributor.authorAli, Ayub
dc.contributor.authorLemckert, Charles J
dc.contributor.authorDunn, Ryan JK
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T11:48:26Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T11:48:26Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.date.modified2011-03-17T06:58:08Z
dc.identifier.issn0749-0208
dc.identifier.doi10.2112/08-1118.1
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/37375
dc.description.abstractThis article describes the transport processes and net salt flux within a shallow estuarine system, with particular reference to the Coombabah Lake--Creek system in Queensland, Australia. Observations of currents and salinity at two locations within Coombabah Lake provided a basis for assessing the relative importance of various transport processes within a very shallow (water depth < 1 m) subtropical estuary. The instantaneous velocity and salinity data were decomposed into time-averaged means and time-varying components and were used to quantify the salt flux components attributed to various physical processes. In this study, advection by residual flow, which contributed 65% of the total salt flux, was identified as the dominant process in transporting salt. The advective flux also determined the direction of the net salt flux within this shallow estuarine system. This study concludes that the net salt flux varies spatially and temporarily with hydromorphological and meteorological conditions.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherCoastal Education & Research Foundation
dc.publisher.placeUnited States
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom436
dc.relation.ispartofpageto443
dc.relation.ispartofissue3
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of Coastal Research
dc.relation.ispartofvolume26
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEarth sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchOther earth sciences not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEngineering
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode37
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode379999
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode40
dc.titleSalt Fluxes within a Very Shallow Subtropical Estuary
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Sciences, Griffith School of Engineering
gro.rights.copyright© 2010 CERF. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
gro.date.issued2010
gro.hasfulltextFull Text
gro.griffith.authorDunn, Ryan J.


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