 BackResearch Article ScienceAsia 7 (1981): 136-146 |doi: 10.2306/scienceasia1513-1874.1981.07.136
WASTE DISPERSION IN THE UPPER GULF OF THAILAND
SUPHAT VONGVISESSOMJAI AND WINAI LIENGCHARERNSITABSTRACT: Recent increases in the industrial development around the periphery of the Upper Gulf of Thailand have created considerable concern about the capability of its coastal waters to act as intermediate zones for receiving waste effluents and subsequent dispersion of material in offshore waters. The dynamics of the dispersion and diffusion mechanisms in the upper gulf are complex, and very few field studies of these processes have been carried out. In view of the importance of coastal environmental control of the Upper Gulf. this paper presents theoretical analysis of waste dispersion there. Throughout use is made of physical properties of waste water and flow parameters in the gulf derived from various coastal studies. These analytical results provide a background for useful recommendations regarding dumping processes in the Upper Gulf Division of Water Resources Engineering, Asian Institute of Technology P.O. Box 2754, Bangkok, Thailand Received 2 November 1981
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