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DOI | 10.1002/2017GL073378 |
Cross-shore transport of nearshore sediment by river plume frontal pumping | |
Horner-Devine, Alexander R.1; Pietrzak, Julie D.2; Souza, Alejandro J.3; McKeon, Margaret A.1; Meirelles, Saulo2; Henriquez, Martijn2; Flores, Raul P.1,4; Rijnsburger, Sabine2 | |
2017-06-28 | |
发表期刊 | GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
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ISSN | 0094-8276 |
EISSN | 1944-8007 |
出版年 | 2017 |
卷号 | 44期号:12 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | USA; Netherlands; England; Chile |
英文摘要 | We present a new mechanism for cross-shore transport of fine sediment from the nearshore to the inner shelf resulting from the onshore propagation of river plume fronts. Onshore frontal propagation is observed in moorings and radar images, which show that fronts penetrate onshore through the nearshore and surf zone, almost to the waterline. During frontal passage a two-layer counterrotating velocity field characteristic of tidal straining is immediately set up, generating a net offshore flow beneath the plume. The seaward flow at depth carries with it high suspended sediment concentrations, which appear to have been generated by wave resuspension in the nearshore region. These observations describe a mechanism by which vertical density stratification can drive exchange of material between the nearshore region and the inner shelf. To our knowledge these are the first observations of this frontal pumping mechanism, which is expected to play an important role in sediment transport near river mouths. Plain Language Summary The processes that exchange sediment, contaminants, or other materials between the shallow wave-influenced region very near the shoreline and deeper coastal waters are not well understood, in part because this interface is a boundary between regions where very different processes dominate. This paper illustrates a mechanism that enables exchange across this interface that involves an interesting interplay between wave processes that dominate close to the shoreline and the intrusion of buoyant river water that is circulating offshore. |
英文关键词 | river plume sediment surf zone cross-shore transport fronts Rhine |
领域 | 气候变化 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000405854200054 |
WOS关键词 | FRESH-WATER INFLUENCE ; SURF ZONE ; RHINE OUTFLOW ; STRATIFICATION ; REGION ; SHELF ; RECRUITMENT ; CIRCULATION ; MATTER ; DRIVEN |
WOS类目 | Geosciences, Multidisciplinary |
WOS研究方向 | Geology |
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/27795 |
专题 | 气候变化 |
作者单位 | 1.Univ Washington, Civil & Environm Engn, Seattle, WA 98195 USA; 2.Delft Univ Technol, Dept Hydraul Engn, Delft, Netherlands; 3.Natl Oceanog Ctr, Liverpool, Merseyside, England; 4.Univ Tecn Federico Santa Maria, Dept Obras Civiles, Valparaiso, Chile |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Horner-Devine, Alexander R.,Pietrzak, Julie D.,Souza, Alejandro J.,et al. Cross-shore transport of nearshore sediment by river plume frontal pumping[J]. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS,2017,44(12). |
APA | Horner-Devine, Alexander R..,Pietrzak, Julie D..,Souza, Alejandro J..,McKeon, Margaret A..,Meirelles, Saulo.,...&Rijnsburger, Sabine.(2017).Cross-shore transport of nearshore sediment by river plume frontal pumping.GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS,44(12). |
MLA | Horner-Devine, Alexander R.,et al."Cross-shore transport of nearshore sediment by river plume frontal pumping".GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS 44.12(2017). |
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