caa a22 4500 445893400 CHVBK 20180317145623.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10750-011-0757-6 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10750-011-0757-6 Turbidity in the Thames Estuary: How turbid do we expect it to be? [Elektronische Daten] [R. Uncles, S. Mitchell] A previously derived method (the tidal length—mean spring tidal range, TL-MSTR diagram) is used to predict the estuarine turbidity maximum (ETM) concentration and the residence time of the Thames Estuary. The predicted and observed residence time is 2months. The predicted, depth-averaged ETM is 2.5gl−1 of suspended particulate matter (SPM) at spring tides, which is much higher than that observed from surface sampling (<0.5gl−1) and that simulated by recent models (approx. 0.6gl−1), but is consistent with spring-tide concentrations measured throughout the water column over a tidal cycle. The observed locations of the surface 1-isohaline and 5-isohaline exhibit strong relationships with the logarithm of freshwater runoff. The observed ETM exhibits statistically significant relationships both with tidal range and the logarithm of runoff, and is generally located between the Millennium Dome and the Woolwich Reach. The apparent over-prediction of SPM afforded by the TL-MSTR diagram is unsurprising considering the removal of fine sediment by dredging and the removal of fine-sediment storage areas by embanking. Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2011 Turbidity nationallicence Salinity nationallicence Fine-sediment transport nationallicence Estuarine turbidity maximum nationallicence Thames Estuary nationallicence UK nationallicence Uncles R. Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, PL1 3DH, Plymouth, UK aut Mitchell S. School of Civil Engineering and Surveying, University of Portsmouth, Portland Building, PO1 3AH, Portsmouth, UK aut Hydrobiologia Springer Netherlands 672/1(2011-09-01), 91-103 0018-8158 672:1<91 2011 672 10750 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-011-0757-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-011-0757-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Uncles R. Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, PL1 3DH, Plymouth, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mitchell S. School of Civil Engineering and Surveying, University of Portsmouth, Portland Building, PO1 3AH, Portsmouth, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Hydrobiologia Springer Netherlands 672/1(2011-09-01), 91-103 0018-8158 672:1<91 2011 672 10750 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer