Long-term variations in river and sea factors responsible for the hydrological regime and morphological structure of the Thames River mouth area |
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Authors: | M V Mikhailova |
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Institution: | 1.Water Problems Institute,Russian Academy of Sciences,Moscow,Russia |
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Abstract: | General geographic features of the Thames River, its basin, and mouth area, consisting of the tidal mouth reach of the river,
a large estuary, and an open nearshore zone of the river mouth (the North Sea coastal zone) are discussed. The peculiarities
of river and sea hydrological factors responsible for the regime of the Thames River mouth area are described in detail. Characteristics
of the river water runoff were specified and supplemented by the data on the river inundations in the area of London. Particular
emphasis was placed on variations in the mean sea level in the area of the Thames River mouth as well as on specific features
of tides and storm surges in the area of the sea inlet into the estuary. Main regularities in the estuary evolution during
Holocene and present-day morphological processes in the Thames River mouth area were revealed. |
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