INVESTIGADORES
PICCOLO Maria Cintia
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
Circulation pattern in Puerto Galvan docks, Bahía Blanca, Argentina.
Autor/es:
PERILLO, G.M.E.; PIERINI, J.O.; PEREZ, D.E,; PICCOLO, M.C.
Lugar:
Mar del Plata
Reunión:
Congreso; 2001. IAPSO -IABO Meeting. The 2001 Ocean Odyssey; 2001
Institución organizadora:
IAPSO-IABO
Resumen:
Puerto Galván is one of the five harbours that form the Bahía Blanca Harbour System, the largest and deepest
of Argentina. The harbours are all located along the Canal Principal of the Bahía Blanca Estuary, a mesotidal,
coastal plain environment formed by a series of major NW-SE trending major channels separating extensive
tidal flats, low salt marshes and islands. Puerto Galván is constituted by two docks (5 and 2/3) located to the
east and west, respectively, of a wharf. All harbour operations are made along the wharf and the docks have
maximum operational depths along it. Six field cruises were made within a month period a long a complete
tidalcycle (over 13 h). At each cruise vertical profiles of magnitude and direction of the tidal currents over the
same section were determined using a 600 kHz acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP). The circulation
pattern of both Puerto Galván docks are described. Lateral surface flow convergences appeared relative to the
tidal flats and pier orientation as well as the development of vortex due to flow separation.