An integrated approach to the investigation of an equatorial estuary : the Klang River estuary, Malaysia
An integrated approach to the investigation of an equatorial estuary : the Klang River estuary, Malaysia
This study is concerned with the integrated investigation of the equatorial Klang River estuary. The simple approach taken here, limited by a low budget, has produced sufficient information for the identification of some of the more important processes affecting the physical flow conditions, the salinity structure, the variation of dissolved oxygen and the suspended sediment transport and has provided insight into the factors affecting nutrient behaviour in the estuary. It was found that the variation in the tide range in this high-mesotidal estuary affected the physico-chemical characteristics as well as the flushing and transport of material through the estuary. During neap tides much of the estuary is stratified and there is relatively little suspended sediment. Spring tides were periods of upheaval in the water column and most of the suspended sediment transport occurred through the discharge of the turbid river plume. The frontal system formed at the plume edge is discussed in detail. The sedimentation pattern in the Klang-Langat delta is considered for various time-scales in the context of sea-level change in the area. On the basis of the experience of this study an outline programme for the integrated surveys of Malaysian estuaries is proposed.
University of Southampton
1988
Ibrahim, Zelina Zaiton
(1988)
An integrated approach to the investigation of an equatorial estuary : the Klang River estuary, Malaysia.
University of Southampton, Doctoral Thesis.
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This study is concerned with the integrated investigation of the equatorial Klang River estuary. The simple approach taken here, limited by a low budget, has produced sufficient information for the identification of some of the more important processes affecting the physical flow conditions, the salinity structure, the variation of dissolved oxygen and the suspended sediment transport and has provided insight into the factors affecting nutrient behaviour in the estuary. It was found that the variation in the tide range in this high-mesotidal estuary affected the physico-chemical characteristics as well as the flushing and transport of material through the estuary. During neap tides much of the estuary is stratified and there is relatively little suspended sediment. Spring tides were periods of upheaval in the water column and most of the suspended sediment transport occurred through the discharge of the turbid river plume. The frontal system formed at the plume edge is discussed in detail. The sedimentation pattern in the Klang-Langat delta is considered for various time-scales in the context of sea-level change in the area. On the basis of the experience of this study an outline programme for the integrated surveys of Malaysian estuaries is proposed.
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Published date: 1988
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/461334
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Zelina Zaiton Ibrahim
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