Chapter 24. Rivers
Published Online: 8 JUN 2005
DOI: 10.1002/0471649643.ch24
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Book Title
Environmental Organic Chemistry
Additional Information
How to Cite
Schwarzenbach, R. P., Gschwend, P. M. and Imboden, D. M. (2005) Rivers, in Environmental Organic Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, USA. doi: 10.1002/0471649643.ch24
Publication History
- Published Online: 8 JUN 2005
- Published Print: 23 AUG 2002
ISBN Information
Print ISBN: 9780471350538
Online ISBN: 9780471649649
- Summary
- Chapter
Keywords:
- air-water and sediment-water interaction in rivers;
- dispersion;
- turbulent diffusion in rivers;
- linear transport/reaction model for chemicals in rivers
Summary
In contrast to lakes and oceans, transport in rivers is dominated by the advective transport along the mean flow. Important mixing mechanisms in rivers are longitudinal dispersion, vertical and lateral mixing by turbulence. Simple models are derived to describe the fate of organic pollutants in rivers resulting from the simultaneous action of transport, exchange at boundaries, and in situ reaction.