Circulation in the Alligator River (Northern Territory), showing a combination of a slightly stratified estuary in the inner estuary (stations 1 and 2) with an inverse estuary in the outer region (stations 3 and 4). Note the salinity maximum known as the "salinity plug", between stations 2 and 3. It is produced by the evaporation over the region.


© 1996 M. Tomczak

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