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A Mechanism for the Mixing of the Waters of Lake Huron and South Bay, Manitoulin Island 1
Author(s) -
BRYSON REID A.,
STEARNS CHARLES R.
Publication year - 1959
Publication title -
limnology and oceanography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.7
H-Index - 197
eISSN - 1939-5590
pISSN - 0024-3590
DOI - 10.4319/lo.1959.4.3.0246
Subject(s) - seiche , bay , geology , oceanography , mixing (physics) , excursion , channel (broadcasting) , amplitude , hydrology (agriculture) , environmental science , geotechnical engineering , physics , electrical engineering , engineering , quantum mechanics , political science , law
The seiche in South Bay, Manitoulin Island, Ontario, consists of several components, some of which produce considerable displacements of the water which occupies the narrow entrance channel. Lateral currents displace Lake Huron water intruded into the bay by the seiche excursion, so that the return portion of the seiche cycle replaces the intruded water with Bay water, the exchange providing the mixing process. The seiche amplitude appears to be the major variable controlling the intensity of the mixing process.