La Loire, de la Maine à la mer
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Turbidity in the fluvial Gironde estuary based on 10-year continuous monitoring: sensitivity to hydrological conditions
1. Introduction
2. The study site
3. Materials and methods
3.1. The multiyear high-frequency monitoring system
3.2. Data treatment
4. Results
4.1. Hydrological trends
4.2. Short-term variability in turbidity
4.3. Long-term variability in turbidity
5. Discussion
5.1. Mobile mud downstream flushing rhythm based on sediment dynamics during floods
5.2. Occurrence of the TMZ in the tidal river
5.3. Has the TMZ intensified in the tidal Garonne?
6. Conclusions
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