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Science 25 June 1982:
Vol. 216. no. 4553, pp. 1413 - 1414
DOI: 10.1126/science.216.4553.1413
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York River Destratification: An Estuary-Subestuary Interaction

DON HAYWARD 1, CHRISTOPHER S. WELCH 1, and LEONARD W. HAAS 1

1 Virginia Institute of Marine Science, School of Marine Science, College of William and Mary, Gloucester Point 23062

Destratification in the York River during high spring tides is the result of the interruption of normal two-layer estuarine flow by the advection of relatively fresh water into the river mouth from the Chesapeake Bay. This advection is due to the presence of a longitudinal salinity gradient in the bay and a difference in the tidal current phase between the river and the bay. Similar behavior is seen in other subestuaries of the Chesapeake Bay and may be common in subestuary-estuary interactions.

Submitted on February 16, 1982
Revised on April 5, 1982


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