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Guidelines on the study of seawater intrusion into rivers

Title
Guidelines on the study of seawater intrusion into rivers / prepared for the International Hydrological Programme by the Working Group of Project 4.4b (IHP-III) ; editor, H. van der Tuin.
Publication
Paris : UNESCO, 1991.

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Additional Authors
  • Tuin, H. van der.
  • International Hydrological Programme. Working Group of Project 4.4b (IHP-III)
Description
138 pages : illustrations; 30 cm.
Summary
As aguas das regiões mais baixas dos rios, ao desembocarem nas aguas do mar, sofrem uma alteração em sua salinidade, tornando-se improprias para o uso domestico, agricultura, industria etc.
Series Statement
Studies and report in hydrology ; 50
Uniform Title
Studies and report in hydrology ; 50.
Subject
  • Saltwater encroachment
  • Rivers
  • Verzilting
  • Rivieren
  • Zeewater
  • Cours d'eau
  • Eau salée
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
DEFINITION OF PROBLEMS OF SALINITY INTRUSION INTO RIVERS: Salinity intrusion problems in water management -- External factors influencing salinity intrusion in water management -- Types of river mouth -- MECHANISMS OF SEAWATER INTRUSION: Basic mechanisms governing seawater intrusion -- Hydrodynamjc formulation of types of seawater intrusion -- Dispersion coefficient -- ANALYSIS, FIELD STUDIES AND MEASUREMENTS: Insight to be obtained from analysis -- Significance of stratification -- Need for measuremen -- Determination of parameters of processes -- Organization of field studies -- IMPACTS OF CHANGES IN RIVER MOUTH AND RIVER BASIN ON SALINITY INTRUSION: Impact of changes in the river mouth system -- Modification of freshwater inflow -- Impacts in non-tidal river mouths -- Summary of possible impacts -- METHODS OF PREDICTION: Review of existing methods -- Applicability of methods in a given case -- Practical implications -- STRUCTURAL AND NON-STRUCTURAL MEASURES: Structural measures -- Non-structural measures -- Final remark -- CASE STUDIES: Large-scale mixing processes in a partly mixed estuary -- Developing a mathematical model system for the Rhine-Meuse Estuary -- The West Dvina (the Daugava) (USSR) -- Sulina branch of the Danube delta (Romania) -- The North Dvina (USSR) -- Comparison of data.
ISBN
  • 9231027654
  • 9789231027659
LCCN
92142640
OCLC
  • ocm25610826
  • 25610826
  • SCSB-9131653
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library