Residual Currents and Long-term Transport

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XI

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2. Introduction

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Introduction

      • Ralph T. Cheng

      Pages 3-6

   3. Interdisciplinary Estuarine Research: A Challenge for the Future

      • David G. Aubrey

      Pages 7-14

3. Residual Currents

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15

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   2. The Dynamics of Long-Term Mass Transport in Estuaries

      • John M. Hamrick

      Pages 17-33

   3. On the Lagrangian Residual Velocity and the Mass-Transport in a Multi-Frequency Oscillatory System

      • Shizuo Feng

      Pages 34-48

   4. Residual Circulation in Shallow Estuaries: Shear, Stratification and Transport Processes

      • David A. Jay

      Pages 49-63

   5. Dynamics of Tidally Forced Basin-wide Coastal Eddies

      • Andre W. Visser, Malcolm J. Bowman, William R. Crawford

      Pages 64-78

   6. Three-Dimensional Modeling of the Tidally Induced Residual Circulation off Southwest Nova Scotia

      • Kim-Tai Tee, Denis Lefaivre

      Pages 79-92

   7. Residual Currents in the Western Dutch Wadden Sea

      • H. Ridderinkhof, J. T. T. Zimmerman

      Pages 93-104

   8. Impacts of Relative Sea-level Rise on Evolution of Shallow Estuaries

      • Carl T. Friedrichs, David G. Aubrey, Paul E. Speer

      Pages 105-122

   9. Wind Domination of Residual Tidal Transport in a Coastal Lagoon

      • Ned P. Smith

      Pages 123-133

4. Salt Mixing and Transport

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 135-135

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   2. Salinity Stratification and Vertical Shear Transport in an Estuary

      • R. J. Uncles, J. A. Stephens

      Pages 137-150

   3. Longitudinal Dispersion of Salt in the Volkerak Estuary

      • J. van de Kreeke

      Pages 151-164

   4. Mixing and Trapping in Australian Tropical Coastal Waters

      • Eric Wolanski, Peter Ridd

      Pages 165-183

   5. Control of Estuarine Salinities by Coastal Ocean Salinity

      • William J. Wiseman Jr., E. M. Swenson, F. J. Kelly

      Pages 184-193

   6. Mixing Processes in a Numerical Model of the Western Dutch Wadden Sea

      • H. Ridderinkhof, J. T. F. Zimmerman

      Pages 194-209

   7. Numerical Simulation of Tidal Dispersion Around a Coastal Headland

      • Richard P. Signell, W. Rockwell Geyer

      Pages 210-222

Estuaries, bays and contiguous coastal seas are the world's most valuable, and yet most vulnerable marine ecosystems. Fundamental to the protection and management of these important resources is an understand- ing of the physical processes involved which affect the circulation, mixing, and transport of salt, nutrients and sediment. Residual Currents and Long-Term Transport processes appear to have direct control over freshwater inflows, contaminant loadings, dispersion and transport of sediments and nutrients, and causes of declining living resources. This volume provides a comprehensive and up-to-date summary of the research results on these processes in estuaries and bays. Contributions from ten countries include results based on theoretical formulations, analyses of field data, numerical models and case studies.

• Coast
• ecosystem
• evolution
• marine
• modelling
• ocean
• sediment
• sedimentation
• wind

• Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, USA

  R. T. Cheng

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