Open AccessDam Discharge Events Alter Water Flow in an Estuary in Spain
Author(s) -
Sarah Stanley
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2017eo071901
Subject(s) - estuary , environmental science , hydrology (agriculture) , flow (mathematics) , water discharge , oceanography , geology , geotechnical engineering , mechanics , physics
Three-year observations suggest that increased sediment concentrations inhibit vertical transfer of momentum between water layers for more than 2 months after a high-discharge event.