Storm tides of the Fundy.
Historically, storm tides wreaked havoc in the Bay of Fundy. With the tidal system resonating at close to the 12-hour, 25-minute dominant lunar tide of the Atlantic Ocean, variations in normal Fundy tides are in the main caused by astronomical factors. The strongest Fundy tides occur when the three...
| Publicado en: | Geographical Review Vol. 89; no. 1; pp. 23 - 34 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
January 1999
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