Air–sea–river interactions
Abstract Extensive recording of currents, collection of water samples and routine meteorological and tide records provide a base for this study of the dynamics of Australia's largest river, the Murray, during one of its rare floods in 1974. The results suggest that the Coorong. a narrow lagoon...
| Published in: | Earth Surface Processes |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
1976
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/esp.3290010306 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fesp.3290010306 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/esp.3290010306 |
| Summary: | Abstract Extensive recording of currents, collection of water samples and routine meteorological and tide records provide a base for this study of the dynamics of Australia's largest river, the Murray, during one of its rare floods in 1974. The results suggest that the Coorong. a narrow lagoon extending from the river mouth to the Southeast, at right angles to prevailing winds, was formed as a flood escape mechanism. Geological evidence displays the existence of similar geometries formed in the past in an area which at one time was a deep gulf of the Southern Ocean extending into Australia. The same mechanism may have been at work elsewhere in the world. |
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