The daily‐scale entrance dynamics of intermittently open/closed estuaries

• Published in: Earth surface processes and landforms Vol. 43; no. 4; pp. 791 - 807
• Main Authors: McSweeney, Sarah Louise, Kennedy, David M., Rutherfurd, Ian D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bognor Regis Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 30.03.2018
• Subjects: Accretion; Closures; Deposition; Dimensions; Discharge; Duration; Dynamics; Estuaries; Estuarine dynamics; Estuarine environments; Lagoons; Offshore; River channels; River flow; Rivers; Sediment transport; Sedimentation; Sedimentation & deposition; Sedimentation rates; Storms; Tidal energy; Tidal power; Tidal prism; Water depth; Wave energy; Wave height; Wave power

Intermittently open/closed estuaries (IOCE) are a dynamic form of estuary characterised by periodic entrance closure to the ocean. Entrance closure is a function of the relative balance between on and offshore sediment transport with closures occurring during periods of low fluvial discharge whereby...