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The importance of suppression of turbulence by stratification on the estuarine turbidity maximum

Introduction
The influence of stratification on suspended sediment flux
– Equilibrium suspended sediment distributions in neutral flux
– Suppression of turbulence in stratified estuaries
– Settling of sediment in stratified estuaries
Simulation of the turbidity maximum
– Model formulation
– Results of model simulation
Discussion
– Influence of tidal motions
– Variations on longer timescales
– Comparison with observations
Summary and conclusions
Acknowledgments
Literature cited