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Tide-dominated estuaries and tidal rivers

Introduction
– The classification problem
Physical processes in tide-dominated estuaries
– Effects of tide on sediment dynamics
– Formation of a tidal turbidity maximum
Morphologic and sedimentologic character
– Estuarine morphology
– Estuarine sedimentology
– Fluid-mud deposits
– Estuarine infilling
Holocene examples: tide-dominated estuaries
– Gironde estuary
– Severn estuary
– Ord estuary
– Cobequid bay-salmon river estuary
Holocene examples: tidal rivers
– Rio de la Plata
– Amazon river
Summary
References