Growing forced bars determine non-ideal estuary planform
Growing forced bars determine non-ideal estuary planform
The planform of estuaries is often described with an ideal shape, which exponentiallyconverges in landward direction. We show how growing topographically forced nonmigratory (i.e., anchored) bars determine the large-scale estuary planform, which explains the deviations observed in the planform of natural estuaries filled with bars compared to the ideal planform. …