2010
DOI: 10.1007/s11852-010-0138-8
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Modelling the long-term morphological evolution of the Clyde Estuary, Scotland, UK

Abstract: The long-term morphodynamic response of the Clyde Estuary to any possible change in environmental forcing associated with global climate change and human interference is examined here using a model based on a systems approach. The model, which uses Boolean Algebra as its formal mathematical language, provides a qualitative insight into the long term morphodynamic behaviour of the estuarine system, at this level without the need for detailed and quantitative hydrodynamic and morphodynamic process knowledge or e… Show more

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“…The Clyde Marine Region is located on the west coast of Scotland and is composed of the Clyde Estuary (Inner and Outer Clyde Estuary) and Scotland, 2022) Firth of Clyde (Marine Scotland, 2015). The Firth of Clyde is the most southerly fjord in the North Atlantic, and it extends c. 100 km into the Scottish coast (Karunarathna, 2010;Thurstan & Roberts, 2010; Figure 1). The Firth of Clyde system is heavily influenced by semidiurnal tides of up to 3 m (Bekic et al, 2006).…”
Section: Clyde Marine Regionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The Clyde Marine Region is located on the west coast of Scotland and is composed of the Clyde Estuary (Inner and Outer Clyde Estuary) and Scotland, 2022) Firth of Clyde (Marine Scotland, 2015). The Firth of Clyde is the most southerly fjord in the North Atlantic, and it extends c. 100 km into the Scottish coast (Karunarathna, 2010;Thurstan & Roberts, 2010; Figure 1). The Firth of Clyde system is heavily influenced by semidiurnal tides of up to 3 m (Bekic et al, 2006).…”
Section: Clyde Marine Regionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…River-enhanced ebb currents provide a major mechanism for exporting estuarine sediments seaward (e.g., Garel et al, 2009). River floods may cause short-to medium-term (i.e., year to decade) cycles of morphological change, generally characterized by estuary erosion during floods and post-flood recovery (e.g., Cooper, 2002Cooper, , 1993Karunarathna, 2011;Nittrouer et al, 2012). Locally, river floods provide large amounts of sediment to estuaries (Dalrymple et al, 2015;Jablonski and Dalrymple, 2016).…”
Section: Long-term Effects Of Rivers On the Stability Of Estuaries Anmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Moreover, they assume uniform river discharge thereby neglecting temporal variations in fluvial water and sediment discharge, as well as neglecting temporal variations in the tidal amplitude. Furthermore, river discharge and associated river floods are known to cause critical short-to medium-term (i.e., year-todecade) estuarine morphological changes (Cooper, 2002(Cooper, , 1993Karunarathna, 2011). Likewise, Dalrymple et al (2015) show that conditions within an estuary can alternate between river-dominated and tide-dominated on a seasonal basis as a result of seasonally varying input of fluvial input.…”
Section: Effects Of River Discharge and Sediment Supplymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Interactions between river flow and intruding saltwater may lead to significant stratification and density currents, causing a local landward sediment transport [ Dyer , ; Chant et al ., ]. Considering morphology, Cooper [, ] and Karunarathna [] observed that river discharge and associated river floods are responsible for critical short‐ to medium‐term (i.e., year to decade) estuarine morphological changes. Nittrouer et al .…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%