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The Keys To Unlocking Transitions In Water
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When examining waters transition from fresh to salt as well as from salt
to fresh one quickly finds the importance of estuaries. In terms of geology,
present-day estuaries are young and ephemeral coastal features. Today's
estuaries began to take their current form during the last interglacial per ....
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.... vary greatly from
one area to another because of changes in river flow. Also, an area of an
estuary can change from stratified to well-mixed during the spring neap-tide
cycles.
The most highly stratified estuaries are the ones that receive a large
amount of fresh water but that have a relatively low tidal range. Partially
mixed estuaries have moderate freshwater inflow and tidal range. The brackish
zone of such estuaries may have a salinity of 2 to 10 parts per thousand (ppt),
compared with th.... |
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