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Turbidity‐induced meromixis in an Oregon reservoir: Hypothesis
Author(s) -
Larson Douglas W.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
water resources research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.863
H-Index - 217
eISSN - 1944-7973
pISSN - 0043-1397
DOI - 10.1029/wr015i006p01560
Subject(s) - flushing , settling , turbidity , hydrology (agriculture) , turbidity current , flood myth , environmental science , limnology , geology , oceanography , geomorphology , environmental engineering , geotechnical engineering , geography , medicine , sedimentary depositional environment , archaeology , structural basin , endocrinology
Flood flows into a river impoundment early in its history are believed to have produced a deepwater layer of highly turbid water that persisted owing to the slow settling of suspended material and poor reservoir flushing ability. Subsequent inflows of considerably cleaner water, superimposed on the turbid layer, created a pronounced middepth density gradient. Possibly, circulation of water between the two layers was restricted for several years, and a condition regarded as meromictic may have been established.