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[ES] La entrada de agua marina en el cauce del río Ebro a través de la desembocadura es un hecho conocido desde antiguo (Aragón, 1943). La intrusión de agua salada se produce en condiciones de baja descarga fluvial (< 400 mVs) y puede alcanzar distancias de hasta 30 km aguas arriba de la desembocadura. Al tratarse de una zona micromareal, con una carrera de marea inferior a 20 cm, la superficie de contacto entre el agua dulce y el agua salada es muy neta, con cambios bruscos de temperatura y salinidad en la vertical. Además, este contacto agua dulce-salada mantiene su continuidad durante decenas de kilómetros (Guillén, 1992). Estas características son propias de un estuario del tipo “cuña salina” con una estratificación excepcionalmente desarrollada. Los límites de la cuña salina en el Ebro están en función de la descarga de agua dulce del río, la morfología del cauce y el nivel marino (Guillén, 1992; Guillén y Palanques, 1992). Una serie de medidas realizadas en la cuña salina pusieron de manifiesto que, bajo condiciones constantes de descarga fluvial, los movimientos del agua salada pueden estar regulados por las oscilaciones maréales, que inducen ciclos diarios aguas arriba y aguas abajo del agua marina en función de la subida y bajada del nivel de marea (Guillén, 1992; Guillén y Palanques, 1997). [...]
[EN] A salt wedge estuary develops in the lower Ebro River when freshwater discharge is lower than 400 m3/s. Dynamics of the salt wedge was characterized in this study using data measured with a bottom boundary layer tripod located 4 km upstream of the Ebro mouth during one month. The flow in the salt-water displays up-downstream oscillations of semidiurnal frequency related to the mixed tide that affects this coast (tidal range < 20 cm). In addition, high frequency (period about 10 min) oscillations related with the passage of small (< 5 cm) waves were detected in the flow of the marine water at the site of the deployment. Both tidal and high frequency perturbations caused changes in the concentration of suspended sediment and play an important role in the sediment transport of the estuary. The net sediment flux was directed upstream during the survey, although the magnitude of the net flux shows a strong vertical gradient across the salt wedge
V Congreso Geológico de España, 10-14 julio 2000, Alicante.-- 4 pages, 4 figures
Peer reviewed
Sea level oscillations, Salt wedge estuary, Sediment dynamics
Sea level oscillations, Salt wedge estuary, Sediment dynamics
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