From: Kirk R. Barrett To: 'Hubert Chanson' ; Subject: Rivers-List: RE: Information on Tidal Bores Date: maandag 20 december 1999 16:10 >I am looking for further information on tidal bores : technical >information and photographs as well as audiovisual material (slides, >video, movie). >The Internet link includes informatin on famous tidal bores include the >Hangchow (or Hangzhou) bore on the Qiantang river (China), the Amazon I recently saw a TV program called "Savage Seas" on USA public TV (PBS). It featured a segment on this tidal bore. You can buy the video for US$20. Check out http://www.pbs.org/wnet/savageseas/ Regards, Kirk Kirk R. Barrett, Ph.D., P. E., P.W.S., Research Assistant Professor Research Director, Meadowlands Environmental Research Institute (MERI) A division of Rutgers University's Center for Information Management, Integration and Connectivity (CIMIC) 180 University Avenue, Room 202 , Newark, New Jersey 07102 Telephone 973-353-5026 Fax 973-353-5003 Email: kbarrett@cimic.rutgers.edu Web: http://cimic.rutgers.edu/meri -----Original Message----- From: Hubert Chanson [SMTP:H.Chanson@mailbox.uq.edu.au] Sent: Sunday, December 19, 1999 4:02 PM To: rivers-list@iahr.org Subject: Rivers-List: Information on Tidal Bores << File: ATT00002.html >> Dear IAHR Colleagues, I am looking for further information on tidal bores : technical information and photographs as well as audiovisual material (slides, video, movie). I have prepared a general summary for university students, high-school students, lecturers, teachers, engineers at : http://www.uq.edu.au/~e2hchans/e2320.html#Surge and bores The Internet link includes informatin on famous tidal bores include the Hangchow (or Hangzhou) bore on the Qiantang river (China), the Amazon bore called pororoca, the tidal bore on the Seine river (mascaret), the Hoogly (or Hooghly) bore on the Gange, the bore on the Mekong river, as well as on smaller tidal bores as the Severn bore near Bristol, the tidal bores on the Garonne and Dordogne rivers, and the bores at Bay of Fundy (Canada). Your comments and suggestions on the site would be most welcome. I am looking for further information on the followings : - the tidal bore on the Mekong river (information, photographs, video), - the tidal bore on the Ganges river, India (information, photographs, video), - the tidal bore on the Brhamaputra river, Bangladesh (information, photographs, video), - historical pictures of the Seine river tidal bore (mascaret), and - any photograph and video of interesting tidal bores. The material and information will be used for teaching purposes. I might place it on the web if you are agreeable. I thank you in advance for the help. I look forward to hear from you. Hubert Chanson NEW !!! NEW !!! NEW A new undergraduate text book in water engineering: "The hydraulics of open channel flow: an introduction" {http://www.arnoldpublishers.com/Scripts/webbook.asp?isbn=0340740671} The support internet site is at: {http://www.arnoldpublishers.com/support/chanson/}. It includes sample chapters of the book itself ! ---------------------------------------------- Hubert CHANSON Dept. of Civil Eng., University of Queensland Brisbane QLD 4072, Australia Ph.: (61 7) 33 65 35 16 - Fax: (61 7) 33 65 45 99 Email: h.chanson@mailbox.uq.edu.au - Internet : http://www.uq.edu.au/~e2hchans