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Articles | Volume 21, issue 9
Articles | Volume 21, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-4563-2017
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Articles | Volume 21, issue 9
Research article
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13 Sep 2017
Research article |  | 13 Sep 2017

Spatiotemporal variation of Van der Burgh's coefficient in a salt plug estuary

Dinesh Chandra Shaha, Yang-Ki Cho, Bong Guk Kim, M. Rafi Afruz Sony, Sampa Rani Kundu, and M. Faruqul Islam

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In this work, Van der Burgh's coefficient, K, is determined in the dry and wet seasons in a salt plug estuary to examine the contributions of tidal versus density-driven salt transport mechanisms. Gravitational circulation was entirely dominant over tidal dispersion in the wet season, whereas density-induced inverse and positive gravitational circulation facilitated an inverse and a positive estuarine circulation seaward and landward from the salt plug area during the dry season, respectively.
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