| Abstract: | Sustained flows of fresh water greater than 3,500, 4,400, and 5,300 cubic feet per second into the Delaware River estuary at Trenton, NJ assure low salinity at League Island, Eddystone, and Marcus Hook, respectively. When the discharge at Trenton is less than these critical values, salinity is very sensitive to change in discharge, so that a relatively small decrease in fresh-water discharge results in a relatively great increase in salinity. Comparison of the discharge-salinity relations observed for the 14-year period August 1949-December 1963 with relations proposed by other workers but based on other time periods indicate that such relations change with time and that salinity is affected not only by discharge but also by dredging; construction of breakwater, dikes, and tidal barriers; changing sea level; tidal elevation; tidal range; and wind intensity and direction. |
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| Citation Author: | Keighton, W. B. |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | 16 p. ;28 cm. |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Govt. Print. Off., |
| Citation Series: | Water Supply Paper |
| Citation Series Code: | WSP |
| Citation Series Number: | 1586-G |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Fresh-water discharge salinity relations in the tidal Delaware River; 1966; WSP; 1586-G; Keighton, W. B. |
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| Citation Year: | 1966 |
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| Text: | Fresh-water discharge salinity relations in the tidal Delaware River; 1966; WSP; 1586-G; Keighton, W. B. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/wsp/1586g/report-thumb.jpg |
| URL (DOCUMENT): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/wsp/1586g/report.pdf |
| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 1994 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Govt. Print. Off., |
