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B Gully
(14 Jun `95)
20
10
1000
500
0
a. B-Gully on 14 June 1995.
20
10
0
Start of
5
Mudflat Flooding
4
00:00
12:00
24:00
Slack
H
Tigh
ide
Peak
Runout
b. Schematic showing a typical tidal
cycle and period of sedimentation
during the ebb tide event.
Time
Sedimentation Decreasing with Time
S Optimum
edimentation
C
onditions
Figure 37. Example of a flooding tide cycle. Note that rate of tidal rise decreases following bankfull stage when
water begins to flood adjacent mudflats.
20
River
(16 May `95)
10
0
100
0
0.3
0.2
0.1
0
5.5
Figure 38. Water quality data
from the Eagle River site show-
ing the effect of water damming
5.0
caused by a flooding tide.
00:00
12:00
24:00
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