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Articles | Volume 21, issue 5
Articles | Volume 21, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-21-2681-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/os-21-2681-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 21, issue 5
Research article
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29 Oct 2025
Research article |  | 29 Oct 2025

Flow structure and mixing near a small river plume front: Winyah Bay, SC, USA

Christopher Papageorgiou, George Voulgaris, Alexander E. Yankovsky, and Diane Bennett Fribance

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This study examines the interaction of river and ocean waters in the coastal ocean and how these mix. High resolution field observations of water properties, flow, and turbulence were collected over a period of ~ 4 h. Flow turbulence is responsible for mixing water near the bed and close to the sea surface, but within the freshly discharged waters mixing efficiency appears to be minimal. This is attributed to turbulence not being uniform but concentrated in layers.
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