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dc.contributor.authorJoseph, A.
dc.contributor.authorDesa, E.
dc.contributor.authorDesa, E.
dc.contributor.authorSmith, D.
dc.contributor.authorPeshwe, V.B.
dc.contributor.authorVijaykumar, K.
dc.contributor.authorDesa, J.A.E.
dc.date.accessioned2009-01-12T09:05:26Z
dc.date.available2009-01-12T09:05:26Z
dc.date.issued1997
dc.identifier.citationProceedings of the Second Indian National Conference on Harbour and Ocean Engineering (Inchoe-97), Thiruvananthapuram, December 7-10, 1997. Vol. 2, 708-718p.
dc.identifier.urihttp://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/2023
dc.description.abstractPressure measurements made in various turbid natural waters have led to the inference that the effective depth-mean in-situ density values peff of these waters are less than (approx equal to 2.70%) their static bulk densities and also (approx equal to 0.4% - 4.5%) that of the density of the same water without suspended sediment. Teh values of peff in a given site differed from one tidal cycle to another (approx equal to 1.9%). These values varied slightly (less than 0.8%) from mid-tide to slack water of the same tidal cycle, with peff being lower at mid-tide. It was found that the use of bulk deisity to estimate tidal height gave an under-estimation of tidal range (upto 7%). The under-estimation has been corrected (to within plus or minus 1.5%) with the use of peff parameter. For clear waters there was no observable under-estimation in tidal range. The observations strongly suggest that suspended sediments play a hitherto unknown role in the apparent in-situ density reduction effect seen in turbid natural waters.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherCent. for Earth Sci. Stud., Cochin (India)
dc.rightsCopyright [1997]. All efforts have been made to respect the copyright to the best of our knowledge. Inadvertent omissions, if brought to our notice, stand for correction and withdrawal of document from this repository.
dc.subjectresuspended sediments
dc.subjectdensity
dc.subjecttidal cycles
dc.subjectturbidity
dc.subjectestuaries
dc.titleReduction in density of suspended - sediment - laden natural waters
dc.typeConference Article


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