RT Conference Proceedings
T1 Interaction flow bathymetry at tidal scale in the main sill of the Strait of Gibraltar
A1 García-Lafuente, Jesús
A1 Sammartino, Simone
A1 Sánchez-Garrido, José Carlos
A1 Naranjo-Rosa, Cristina Belén
A1 Sánchez-Leal, Ricardo
K1 Hidrodinámica - Gibraltar (Estrecho)
AB Data collected in the north and south channels of the main sill of the Strait ofGibraltar (Camarinal sill) are used to investigate processes connected to the internalhydraulics of the exchange through the Strait at tidal frequencies. Observations stronglysuggest the setting up of hydraulic jumps at both the western and eastern flank of the sill,the latter associated with the reversal of the Mediterranean undercurrent during springtides. The northern site is more sensitive to processes triggered by the formation andrelease of the jump formed east of the sill during intense enough ebb tide cycles, which isthus better traced at this location; the southern site detects more neatly the fluctuations andfootprints associated with the hydraulic jump regularly formed to the west of the sillduring flood tides. A detailed inspection of the high resolution bathymetry of the areareveals the existence of two enclosed depressions at either side of the sill, almost certainlycarved by the bottom flow over the millennia, whose shape and morphology are suggestiveof this spatial differentiation.
YR 2018
FD 2018-06-28
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/16056
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/16056
LA eng
NO Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 25 ene 2026