Fresh-water discharge salinity relations in the tidal Delaware River
Water Supply Paper
1586-G
By: Walter B. Keighton
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Abstract
Sustained flows of fresh water greater than 3,500, 4,400, and 5,300 cubic feet per second into the Delaware River estuary at Trenton, NJ assure low salinity at League Island, Eddystone, and Marcus Hook, respectively. When the discharge at Trenton is less than these critical values, salinity is very sensitive to change in discharge, so that a relatively small decrease in fresh-water discharge results in a relatively great increase in salinity. Comparison of the discharge-salinity relations observed for the 14-year period August 1949-December 1963 with relations proposed by other workers but based on other time periods indicate that such relations change with time and that salinity is affected not only by discharge but also by dredging; construction of breakwater, dikes, and tidal barriers; changing sea level; tidal elevation; tidal range; and wind intensity and direction.
Suggested Citation
Keighton, W.B., 1966, Fresh-water discharge salinity relations in the tidal Delaware River: U.S. Geological Survey Water Supply Paper 1586, 16 p. ;28 cm., https://doi.org/10.3133/wsp1586G.
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Fresh-water discharge salinity relations in the tidal Delaware River |
| Series title | Water Supply Paper |
| Series number | 1586 |
| Chapter | G |
| DOI | 10.3133/wsp1586G |
| Year Published | 1966 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office |
| Contributing office(s) | Pennsylvania Water Science Center |
| Description | 16 p. ;28 cm. |