Circulation, Effluent Diffusion, and Sediment Transport, Mouth of South Pass, Mississippi River Delta

摘要

A study was conducted at the mouth of South Pass, Mississippi River, to ascertain the influence exerted by interaction between effluent and ambient fluids; tide; waves; winds; bottom topography and channel mouth geometry; regional coastal currents; horizontal and vertical density gradients; and hydrologic regime of the Mississippi River. (Author)