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Fig. 1.7. A comparison of the
composition of average river
water with sea water (Millero
1996)
F. J. Millero
River water
K+
Seawater
Na+
K+ r=
=--=---=2> .........
(1will result in a linear equation with intercepts equal to the values for sea salts as shown
for the Baltic estuary in Figs. 1.8 and 1.9 (Millero 1978). The total grams of salts (gEst)
in an estuary are given by:
gEst = gR + [(35.171 - gR) I 19.3741Cl(%o)
(l.l0)