Brinkman, R., Wolanski, E., and Spagnol, S. (2004) Field and model studies of the nepheloid layer in coastal waters of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. In: Jirka, Gerhard H., and Uijttewaal, Wim S.J., (eds.) Shallow Flows. Taylor & Francis, London, UK, pp. 225-229.

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Abstract

Field studies were undertaken of nepheloid layer dynamics in the coastal waters of the Great Barrier Reef near Cairns during the dry season in November 2001. A nephleoid layer was formed during calm weather along the coast and was advected offshore as a bottom-tagging layer. The layer spreads offshore with the ebb tidal currents and with the sediment-induced baroclinic currents. A conceptual numerical model suggests that the nepheloid layer can be modelled as a negatively buoyant plume that is deflected longshore alternatively northward and southward by the prevailing, reversing oceanic currents.

Item ID:	3438
Item Type:	Book Chapter (Research - B1)
ISBN:	978-90-5809-700-2
Additional Information:	Selected papers of the International Symposium on Shallow Flows, 16-18 June 2003, Delft, the Netherlands
Date Deposited:	16 Nov 2009 22:43
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