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Dynamic characteristics under low flow conditions in the Wakool River, N.S.W

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The Wakool River may be regarded as an ancestral branch of the River Murray in Australia. During low flows, strong density stratification over deep saline ponds effects the flow (and transport) characteristics. A study using a special dynamic flow measuring device found that there was further layering of the flow. This means that the low flow description, as it effects transport of material, is rather more complex than expected; it indicates that parametisation of the mixing for different flow rates in rivers will be necessary.

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  1. Department of Civil and Agricultural Engineering, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

    B. B. Sharp & K. S. M. Herat

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  1. Rawson Academy of Aquatic Science, 404 - 1 Nicholas Street, K1N 7B7, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    Peter G. Sly

  2. Stream Ecology Centre, Chisholm Institute of Technology, 3145, Caulfield East, Victoria, Australia

    Barry T. Hart

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Sharp, B.B., Herat, K.S.M. (1989). Dynamic characteristics under low flow conditions in the Wakool River, N.S.W. In: Sly, P.G., Hart, B.T. (eds) Sediment/Water Interactions. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 50. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2376-8_9

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