Year: 1968
Type: article
Abstract: Waste water may due to buoyancy effects spread horizontally on top of the recipient. The spreading is chiefly determined by the buoyancy flux and to a large extent unaffected by dilution and diffusion. This phenomenon is of great practical importance for larger outfalls of waste or cooling water in coastal regions.
Source: Coastal Engineering Proceedings
DOI: 10.9753/icce.v11.89
Authors: Ian Larsen, Torben Sórensen
Institution: DHI
Language: English
Subfield: Earth-Surface Processes
Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2345490271