The physics of mid-latitude fjords: a review
The physics of mid-latitude fjords: a review
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中纬度峡湾的物理学：综述
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2010
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P. Gillibrand
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M. Inall;P. Gillibrand
摘要 峡湾中发生着丰富多样的流体动力过程。尽管峡湾在某种程度上可以简单地定义为冰川形成的沿海入口，但这种简单的定义掩盖了广泛的地貌表现和环境强迫条件。地貌与环境强迫之间的相互作用决定了特定峡湾内不同物理流体过程的相对重要性。在本章中，我们对峡湾系统中发现的主要物理过程进行了非数学回顾，它们的相对重要性如何取决于地貌和强迫，以及主要物理过程如何影响循环和沉积物分布。我们的目标是让非物质海洋学家深入了解迷人的“迷你海洋”地质类型（通常称为峡湾）所呈现的丰富多样的流体动力学过程。
Abstract A rich and wide variety of fluid dynamic processes occur in fjords. Although a fjord may at one level be simply defined a glacially formed coastal inlet, this simple definition belies a huge range of geomorphological manifestations and environmental forcing conditions. It is the interplay between geomorphology and environmental forcing which defines the relative importance of differing physical fluid processes within a given fjord. In this chapter we present a non-mathematical review of the dominant physical processes which are found to occur in fjordic systems, how their relative importance may depend on geomorphology and forcing, and how, in turn, the dominant physical processes effect circulation and sediment distribution. Our aim is to provide the non-physical oceanographer with an insight into the rich and varied fluid dynamical processes presented to us by the fascinating ‘mini-ocean’ geo-type generically referred to as a fjord.