Abstract
The magnitude of sheet flow in a small South Carolina salt marsh was evaluated by comparing the storage curve for the basin based on topographic data with that based on current measurements in the main channel. The results indicate that on spring tides more than 50% of the volume of water that enters the basin enters as sheet flow over the grassy flats of the marsh. The current data also suggest that the actual storage curve may be a hysteresis loop with separate flood and ebb segments.
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Miller, J.L., Gardner, L.R. Sheet flow in a salt-marsh basin, North Inlet, South Carolina. Estuaries 4, 234–237 (1981). https://doi.org/10.2307/1351482
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