2004
DOI: 10.4138/729
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Tides and their seminal impact on the geology, geography, history, and socio-economics of the Bay of Fundy, eastern Canada

Abstract: Tides are an ever-present reality in many coastal regions of the world, and their causes and influence have long been matters of intrigue. In few places do tides play a greater role in the economics and character of a region and its people than around the shores of the Bay of Fundy in eastern Canada. Indeed, the Bay of Fundy presents a wonderful natural laboratory for the study of tides and their effects. However, to understand these phenomena more fully, some large perspectives are called for on the general ph… Show more

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“…a drop in pressure greater than 5 kPa, coincides within 1 to 2 h of high water of large spring tides (Greenberg et al 2012). Significant lowpressure systems have coincided with a very high spring tide on only a few occasions; November 1759, October 1869, during the Saxby Gale and the 1976 Groundhog Day storm (Desplanque and Mossman 2004). During all events, seawalls and wharfs were breached, leading to severe flooding, damage to boats and infrastructure, and lives lost (Desplanque and Mossman 1999).…”
Section: Influence Of the Timing Of The Peak Of The Surgementioning
confidence: 99%
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“…a drop in pressure greater than 5 kPa, coincides within 1 to 2 h of high water of large spring tides (Greenberg et al 2012). Significant lowpressure systems have coincided with a very high spring tide on only a few occasions; November 1759, October 1869, during the Saxby Gale and the 1976 Groundhog Day storm (Desplanque and Mossman 2004). During all events, seawalls and wharfs were breached, leading to severe flooding, damage to boats and infrastructure, and lives lost (Desplanque and Mossman 1999).…”
Section: Influence Of the Timing Of The Peak Of The Surgementioning
confidence: 99%
“…The tidal range is so large due to near resonance with incoming North Atlantic tides (Desplanque and Mossman 1999) and shallow water depths amplify the tide through the bay (Marvin and Wilson 2016). Shallow water depths and dimensions of the bay also amplify extratropical storm surges through the bay (Desplanque and Mossman 2004). Therefore, when a surge coincides with an amplified, high astronomical tide, the results may be little short of catastrophic (Desplanque and Mossman 1999).…”
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“…The upper Bay of Fundy on the western North Atlantic coast has the highest tidal amplitude in the world (Desplanque & Mossman 2004) and extensive intertidal mudflats (some are >10 km wide along-shore with a 2 km long intertidal area). On these mudflats, the burrow-dwelling amphipod Corophium volutator is often the dominant macro-invertebrate, with densities reaching > 50 000 ind.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%