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Title	Suspended sediment dynamics in Krishna estuary, east coast of India

Creator	Kumari, V Rajani Rao, I Mrutyunjaya

Subject	TSM , turbidity Krishna estuary Bay of Bengal

Description	248-256 Distribution and flux of suspended sediments and turbidity in the Krishna estuary were examined. TSM showed an increasing trend from head to mouth. A vertical gradient in TSM, increasing from surface to bottom prevails at all stations in monsoon. Distribution of TSM in tidal cycle shows relatively high load during high tide indicating the dominance of saline water. Turbidity exhibited relatively high values in monsoon and low values in premonsoon and postmonsoon. Horizontal variation of turbidity closely resembles that of TSM with an increasing trend from head (st. 1) to mouth (st. 3) of the estuary. Turbidity maximum, noticed with different intensities in all seasons. This was due to gravitational residual circulation and settling and resuspension processes of the fine sediment. The spatial distribution of turbidity resembles that of TSM in all seasons. Minor deviations observed in the distribution of turbidity from that of TSM were attributed to the differences in nature, particle size and shape of TSM.

Date	2010-07-29T11:11:23Z 2010-07-29T11:11:23Z 2010-06

Type	Article

Identifier	0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print) http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/10019

Language	en_US

Publisher	CSIR

Source	IJMS Vol.39(2) [June 2010]

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