Penetration of the Deep Layer of the Saguenay Fjord by Surface Waters of the St. Lawrence Estuary

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A strong similarity is demonstrated in summertime physicochemical characteristics between the deep water of the Saguenay fjord and the surface water of the St. Lawrence estuary. Summer warming of the deep layer of the Saguenay is progressive from the mouth towards the head of the fjord. The mechanism proposed is the penetration of surface estuarine water over the shallow sill during the rising tide. The abnormally high chlorophyll values in this deep layer may be explained by the same advective mechanism.

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