Post Hurricane Analysis of the Turbidity in Greater and Lesser Lameshur Bays (Have no Fear the Water is Clear)

Burden TK. 1989. Post Hurricane Analysis of the Turbidity in Greater and Lesser Lameshur Bays (Have no Fear the Water is Clear)

This study is an analysis or the water turbidity in Greater and Lesser Lameshur Bays after Hurricane Hugo. Measured water turbidity in Greater and Lesser Lameshur Bays over the course of two months. Includes data. Readings were made with an underwater camera light meter in both bays at several locations. The study showed that the two bays reached a constant water clarity in rive and one half weeks. This analysis interprets the cause or turbidity and how water clarity was achieved.

Type
Published Report
Authors
Burden, Tricia
Date of Issue
1989-11-29
Units
VIIS
Keywords
Greater Lameshur Bay St. John US Virgin Islands, Little Lameshur Bay St. John US Virgin Islands, Physical Sciences, Turbidity

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