Long-term hydrodynamic changes in marginal estuarine seas: the role of sea level rise and freshwater fluxes.

ABSTRACT: Significant environmental changes have occurred in marginal estuarine seas in the past, driven by changes in sea level and water and salt balances. Predicting the future evolution of these seas is a scientific challenge because adequate scenario studies are currently hindered by the quality of 3D models on millennial timescales. In this paper, we present relatively simple and efficient models of the Black Sea. This sea connects rivers to the ocean and acts as a 'mixer', diluting inflowing saline ocean water with riverine freshwater to generate brackish water. For such an ocean system, it is crucial to incorporate mixing within the sea and two-layer exchange within the strait into a single framework. This paper demonstrates that the developed models can be used to (1) estimate past and futu

SUBMITTER: Stanev EV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12749219 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature