Hydrosedimentological processes and soils of the Barito estuary. (South Kalimantan, Indonesia)

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N 3 Hydrosedimentological processes and soils of the Barito estuary (South Kalimantan, ndonesia) :aßdrito ndonesia esludry Superficirl ;edimeiil Hydrodynimics soits ' ndonisic Ertunire Barito SMimenl superficiet Hydrodynamique SOS P BASSOULLET ', R DJUWANSAH ', D COWEAU ', C N&!&? ' nstitut Franqais de Rechcrchc pour l'exploitation de la Mer (FREMER), Ccntre de Brest, BP 337, 29273 ~Brest, France Lembaga Gcologi dan" 'eeitambangan Nasional (National nstitute'of Geology and Mining), LP1 (ndonesian nstitute of Sciences), Jalan Cisitu, Sangkuriang no 21!154 D Bandung, ndonesia e UniversitC decnantcs, Laboratoire de Géologie Marine, 2, rue de la Houssinikre, 44072 Nantes France ' Université Louis Pasteur, nstitut de Gkologic,, rue Blcssig, 67084 Strasbourg, France Received 5/3/85 in revised fqrm 4/3;86 accepted 10/3/86 ABSTRACT A pluridisciplinary study was carried out in the south-eastern part of Kalimantan (ndonesia) in a deltaic area close to Banjarmasin town Upstream from Banjarmasin, Barito river dividcs into two branches, one of which meets the Kapuas river slightly further to the west, to form the Kapuas Murung estuary This programme is designed to increase knowledge about the physical and scdimentological processes, physical and chemical properties of the soils, and hydrological and chemical parameters of the Barito estuary Barito estuary was chosen for two main reasons First, it constitutes an important waterway for the region, on which Balljarmasin harbour is located; second, the managemcnt of the sparsely occupicd coastal areas is becoming a priority The transmigration arca of Tabunganen, close to the coast (with some saline intrusion problems) is significant in this connection The study, some results of which are presented here, is not complete; this is especially due to a lack of data during the rainy season But its aim is to provide the basis for any future complemcntary study Oceanol Acta, 1956 9, 3, 217-226 RÉSUMÉ Les processus hydroskdimentologiques et les sols de 'estuaire du Barito (Sud Kalimantan, ndonésie) Une etude pluridisciplinaire a été menée dans la partie sud-est de Kalimantan dans une zone deltaïque proche de l'agglomération de Banjarmasin En amont de cette ville, le fleuve Barito se sépare en deux bras dont l'un rejoint un fleuve légkrcment plus i l'ouest, Kapuas, pour constituer 'estuaire du Kapuas Murung Ce programme a pour but de mieux connaitre les processus physiques et sédimentologiques les propriétks physiques et chimiques des sols, les paramètres hydrologiques et chimiques de l'estuaire du Barilo Le choix de l'estuaire du Barito est principalement ORsTOfvq fo!?ds "mtalre fondé sur deux raisons Dune pert, il constitue un axe navigable important pour cette No : 25888 région: axe sur lequel est situé le port de Banjarmasin D'autre part 'aménagement de zones plus cötikres, trks peu occupées, devient prioritaire L'implantation de la zone de transmigration de Tabunganen, proche de la eöte (avec gk les problimes d'intrusion saline qui y sont ics) est significative de ce fait Celte étude dont quelques résultats sont présentés ici, n'est pas complkte; en particulier par le manque de données en saison des pluics Mais elk a pour but de définir les f 8 Ag6 2 bases pour toute étude complémentaire future, q 'lct, y2g Oceoriol Acm, 1986, 9, 3 217-226

2823 J -,~ ' Ph UASSOULLET P al HYUHOSEOMEN~OLOGY OF THE BARFO ESTUARY t - NTRODUCTON i Transmigration Program, several canals have recently ' been built of which the principal is Tabunganen Barito ndonesian coast;il plains arc among the most densely popiilittcd rcgioris of the globe An iiicrcascd pace of developmcnt is foreseeable in connection with plans to develop tidal irrigated rice fields As the co:istd zone is an arca of interaction between lhe contincntal :ind ni;irinc cnvironmcnts, any change in this zone might ;iftccc both environments in a positive or iiug:ilivc way Within the fr:inicwork of Frcnch- ntlonesien Coopcr;ition in Occenology on tlie theme "Coastal zoiics management, ßarito Research Program" il first piece of pluridisciplinary fieldwork involving mcasurcmcnts and s:iniplings was carried out in i\icgust 1983 by a tcain of French and ndonesian sciclllists A location map of thc study arca is presented in Figures and 2 The study of h~drosedimentologicnl proccsscs covcrcd tlie Rarilo estuary from the Scrapat c:inal ( 15 km north of Banjarnm;isin) lo 5 km offshore from Tanjung 'cd;id;ituan and westwards up to a dis- 1:111ce of O kin from the ßarito The soil survey covered the area hctween the Tamban Canal to the north, the Barito River to the east, the shoreline to the south and a line from Kuala Lupak to Tamban Canal to the west Due to the poor quality of the geographical maps, only a reconnaissance was possible, although almost all the creeks arid canals were surveyed: 40 profiles were observed and 130 samplcs were taken (Fig 2) delta is a,swampy delta mainly reclaimed now for rice cultivation Clinlate With an avcrage annual rainfiill of 2823 m at Banjarmasin the region is characterized as having a "pcrliumid bioclimate" by Fontanel and Chantefort 11975) This bioclimate which covers approximately 20",, of the ndonesian Archipcl:igo, is marked by ahundant precipitation although the annual total is lcss than JtXO m The rainfall is well distributed throughout tlie year and tlie monthly amount is mostly above 00 mm (Tab) -lowevcr some months may be suhhumid for cxamplc in ßanjarniasin where August and September receive lcss than 100 mm The annual average temperature is 268 C C*oogy According lo geological maps (Directorat Geologi ndonesia) the delta lies the southernmost part of a largc Quaternary sediment along the southern coast of Kalimantan Almost all of tlie delta has remained up to the present under the influence of tidal fluctuation Along rivcrsides and crccks the marine sediment is covered by fluviatile sediment which physiographically forms river levees and transforms the inner part into a N O Bkm, '2 Profil Br8 12 Profil Br6, Profil Br5 \ 1 Figure 2 tsrrr~iions: ) Achroslicum-Rhizophora ossocioliori: 2 and 4) Rhizophora: 3) Pandanus - Rhizophora - Melaleuca Table Profil Br1 N NATURAL ENVRONMENT Chgraphy -- The shape of lic dell:~ is almost quadrangular bounded hy he parallcl ßarito and Kapuas Murung rivers which flow from Central Kalimantan to the Java Sea These rivers are connected by Pulau Pefak river as the northern boundary (Fig 2) Barilo river 650 km in length is the most important of the South Kalimantan rivers Two hig canals (Tamban and Scrapat) join Kapuas Murung and Harito river n the framework of the Figure Locaulinn mop qrfhc SX/? nrm Localisation de la zone &ilude marine sedimentary basin The upper watershed of the Barito includes two prelcrtiary formations consisting of schists grauwackes and sandstones in association with older eruptive rocks (peridotites, gabhros, granits andcsits 1 Vegetation (fig 3) rc1orrgroce Jmst One of tlie main products of this survey was the discovery of a very beautiful Rhizophora forest with trees rising to more than 20 m above water level Two species of Rhiz~~phorir are represenled: Rhiiopltora apiculata * Month J F M A M J J A s o N D, TOTAL' Rainlall -, (mm) 436 298 323 269 206 156 156 98 70 141 273 397 f Number or days 21 18 18 6 14 O 7 6 9 l 22 169 and Rhiiophorn inticroitafa Along the river and on the shoreline vegetation is mainly represented by Somerafia caseolaris, species throwing out aerial roots like A ciceirnia Siranip Jorcsr The natural swamp forest is located near the Rhizophora mangrove forest in Pisak besar river where several spccics of swamp forest are concentrated inch- 'reskrvofer srvriritp These swamps occupy tile largest area of the delta and are generally reclaimed for rice cultivation Three species are prcdominant: Achrosticunt ~W~B Hibiscus filiacrus and C~/~c~,s~~~tifitdfi~ * 3 Species either of the mangrove forest or of swampforest are often associated with these species, and particularly with Achrosticto~i The main associations observed arc: Achrosricir~~t-Rhi;opltora, Achrosticum-Nypa and Ac/irosric~o~t-M~/olcuca tiydrosedmentologcal PRoCESSES WT'llN THE BA ESTUARY estuaries and for the formation of deltaic complcxes The main processes acting on this particulate materia! (tidal current and river flow) were investigated As is the case with most estuaries included within a deltaic complex, Barito shows at its mouth on the! 1 i 1 218 219

\ -'i ',ch HASSOU ET,s/ dl ---- The diaproms [Fig 4) show: o under spring tide and low water lcvel conditions, the ebb duration is twicc that of the flood This ra!io is ' obviously pronounced during the rainy scasok HYDROSEOlMtNTOLOGY OF THE BARTO ESTUARY *" o for similar tidal cocfficicnts, the inlet vclocities (and notably cbb vclocitics) nt the B station arc higher in rclation to the other stations in Tact, tlic maximum of hc current vclocily distrihution is closely rclatcd to the 1opogr:ipliy A the inlet water dcptli is low (5 to 6 m) conip:ircd wirh tlic ci:inne upstrewn from Baiijarmasin (more th:m 15 ni): e :S in most cstu;irics ebb current velocities arc highcr t11:tn flood currcnt vclocitics A point to bc nwjc hcrc is that whcrcas all thcse mcch;inisnis arc vcry well known in cstuarics with semi-diurnal tidc there is vcry little itcrature dealing with diurn:il tidc estuerics Currcnt vclocity iiicasurcmcnts along longitudinal profiles within llic cstimry :it : privileged moment of the tidal cyclc show : morc pronounced wiitcr column stratification duriiig,ngnp tidc than during spring tide This is duc to ii vcry pronounccd residual circulation and to vcry slight vcrtical iiiixiiigs during neap tide Hydrology Java Sca ;in important accretion shoal which requires frequent drcdging to maintain a correct navigation cli:!nncl l'lie prcsence of the SOQ continuous silting and a very deep upstrcom chaiuicl confcr on the estuary som specific iydro-sedimentological featurcs The leli-nictre isobath is reached between 20 and 60 km from the coas1:11 line of the hlau Petak delta Zones in the process of erosion and accretion are dcscrihcd hclow AS : prcliiiiinary to tlic iydrcrdynnmic invcstigation of the rktrito cstuary two types of mcasurcmcnts wcrc cnnductcd in August 198k -- ; :inchor st:itinns in spring lide to cslahlish velocity prol'ilcs on : siiiiie wriiciil throughout a tidal cyclc (24 iours): -- nine points distributcd tilong tlic estuary in ordcr tn ohtaili a synoptic;il piclurc of llic csluary in ils cnlircly i11 ; privilcgcd mniiicnt of the tide 'l'lic m;iin hydrnlogical p:iramctcrs studicd arc: temper:iurc s:ilinity ph clissolvcd oxygen dissolvcd major cnnslitucnts ;irid tlicir clicmicd variations in watcrs (3;lbscrullcl 1084 Their dynamic of suspcndcd matters the mineralogy of thc suspcndcd scdinicnts and bottom scdinients and the distribution of the latter within thc ßarito estuary aiid al thc rivcr mouth wcrc all analyscd We present here successively the main results relating to tlic hydrodynamics of the estuary, salinity and watcr tempcraturc distribution, clicmical variations of tlic dissolved silica in watcrs and thc dynamics of suspcndcd matlcrs Hydrodynamics nl the esluary Title r:ingcs along hc south coast of K;iliniantsn arc 050 :ind 280 rcspcctivcly for ncap and spring tide ni;isim:i On this coast the tide is miscd: diurne1 during spring lidcs ;ind scmi-tliurn;il with vcry pronounccd incqu:ilily during nc:ili tides with sccondnry high and low tidcs) A si1u;ilion map of the :inchor slations (U1 lo 03) and sampling points is prcscnted in Figure 3 with bathymctry of nine cross scctions 4 The Barito watcrshcd arca covcrs some J5,OM) km'; there :ire no data relative to Harito river discharge We have thcrcforc attcinptcd to makc cstimations from average current vclocity mcasurcmcnts at rcprcsentative scctions of thc cstuiiry upstrcam of the dynamical tidc n the fieldwork that estimation (realized during the dry season) amounted to between 350-450 m3/s A each anchor stdon with a sampling rhythm of 130 hour, 17 observations were madc at 3 levels: 050 m bclow the surfxc, mid-dcpth and 050 m from thc bottom Sidirii~j t1ii"xreiiieiifs - At cach anchor stalion during spring tide o Station B: During tlic tidal cyclc, at the surface, salinity is vcry reduced, ranging from 05 to 39 On the bottom, the sdinity varies from 13 to 317 Watcrs appcar to be vcry stratified (for cxamplc, s:ilinity incrcascs from 15 lo 27 bctwccn 30 in :ind 35 m bcncath the surlacc) Thc minima and maxima do not corrcspoiid with low tide and high tide ;S wcll ;it thc surftice as at the hottom t is only : mid-flood that bottom salinity incrcsscs ngain (four hours artcr low tide) o Stu1ion 132: A this station locatcd 5 km landward from ßl station mcnsurcmcnts wcrc madc ii few days after a lashing rain on rhc uppcr watcrshcd Thc watcrs arc thus much lcss sallcd A the surf;icc watcr is priictically fresh, with salinity r;ingin_r from 002 to 020 during 2j3 of the tidal cycle ts~~disni rw,vc eau Mesures moyenne dec vitesses de cournnl durant des cycles de maree de vive On the bottom, watcr is frcsh for more than 1/3 of the tidal cyclc o Station 83: This station is locatcd slighlly landward from the channel linking ßanjarmasin to ßarito river in the main navigation channcl in front of Bmjnrmasin harbour &re 65",, of thc tid:i cycle S represented by fresh and brackish waters ( <5) on tlic whole watcr colqmn During instant:incous longitudinnl profilcs along the -- cstiiary The (Fig longitudinal 2) show: prvfilcs c:irricd out during neap tide o that tlic uppcr limit on thc bottom of salinities highcr than 5 is situatcd in waters between ßR5 and BR6 (25 km from inlct) at low tidc and bctwccn ßR6 and BR7 (30 km from inlet1 ;it hlgh tide; 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* Ph QASSOULLET er d/ iydrosedmcutology OF THE ßARTO ESTUARY - J ' e - < ': that stratification is pronounced during neap tide: s;ilinity values are'lcss than 5 at the surpace and higher than 306 kni from the inlet at low water slack tide During spring tide homogcnization is much more pronounccd and the landward advance of the isohalines is more reduced 't\ong lhe external transects Four transects of five kilometres ~acli (Fig 2) were studied during neap tidc for salinity distribution at the river mouth and on each side of the Barito inlet (Fig 51 Tmiprrurirre cilriarions Only the distribution of temperatures within [lie estuary according to a tidal spring tide cycle (from the three stations data) is prcscnted here (Fig 7) This figure calls for SCVC~J~ remarks: Barito estuary is continually homogeneous in temperature near the 02 location Here it is slightly stratified for three to four hours at tlie beginning or ebb (lemperature diffcrences surfacc/bottom in the region of one ccntigrade degree) Temperature stratification of the estuary takes place exclusively at the beginning of ebb (mainly at the 03 location) during a period of about four hours All the observations were made during a relatively low discharge of the river in a spring tide period According to the drifts in tlie Barito estuary and the tcnipcraturc study wc can obviously dctermine thrce water types: - from marine drifts with tcmperaturcs less than 2s c - from river drifts, with temperatures between 29'C and 30c, - from channel drifts ("anjirs" and "handils", eg the Martapura river) with temperatures between 30 C and 32 c / " Stttc/r u j che dissoliad silico uoriatiotls iii che wufers ' Figure 5 Sdinïtks ( thu inlrr End,!f~l,~~d during nenp lide Xtewres des saliniles d 'enlbuuchurc en lin de flui par mark de morte rilu The evolution of the bathymetry in thc arca is as follows: 04 ni to 30 m (profile ) 60 m to 40 m (profile ) 15 m to 22 m (profile 111) 04 m to 19 m (profile V) Al the surface at the end of flood: the upper salinities are located at the east of the inlet (from 76 to 34): the lowest salinities arc located in front of the inlet (from to 18) On the bottom and dcspitc the low water depth, there arc steep salinity grndicnts (Fig 5) n the figure, the hachured zone shows Barito waters throughout the water column and rcvcals the presence of a prefcrential cbh clianiicl running dong the right bank, whereas flood p?efercntially enters by the left bank Helcrtiotidiips ii~fivwii pli utid siilitii1r iti Buritu rirer n ktrito rivcr pl-l riingcs from that of freshwater to what is ohviously scawatcr arc from 584 to 840 ie niorc than 25 pci units (Fig 6) Low ph values are duc: - first to the pollution linked to industrial activities: - second to the nature of the rocks located in the uppcr watcrihctl Analyses concern 193 water samples The diagram (Fig 8) presents the variations of dissolved silica with chlorosity Average contents are about 140 pmol/l for fresh waters to l pmol/l for sea water (squarcd correlation coefficient of 097 for the equation of the dilution straight line) n fresh and slightly brackish waters, the numerous low variations in silica concentration (between 120 and :/ i / i O 20 30 SALNTY % 0 1, - O 10 20 C1'(%) 160 pmol/l) indicate a deficit by precipitation, consumption due to phytoplanktonic activity or ex ce^^ by action of lateral fluxes Dytiatnics u/sus/~et~dtd inarters ti the Barito esruory Suspended sediments originate for the most part in the weathered basic rocks of the upper basin and constituents of the prctertiary formations: schists, grauwackcs (Oertel, 1972; Soil Research nstitute, 1973; Hehanussa, 1981) Crystalline, metamorphic and volcanic rock product clastic materials are transported along the river The suspended matter study was carried out during three tidal cycles at a time of spring tides A synthesis is provided in Figure 9 Within the estuary we notice a flood-ebb dissymctry in duration, rcspcctivcly 1/3-2/3 The dissymctry with curves of current vclocitics appears upstrcotn 20 kni from the inlet Flood wave propagation is powerfully inhibited by the sedimentary mouth bar which increases bottom roughness From the figure wc may see that: The turbidity is less than 30 mg/l at 314 of ebb in the upstream studied zone Only at the end of ebb are bottom velocitics sufficient to drag the sediments and thus to create densities of 100 to 200 mg/l on the bottom The downstream zone is very turbid and stratified at the end of ebb (velocities in order of 60 cm/s) throughout the water column Contents ranged from 50-100 mg/l at the surface to 300 mg/l on the bottom During the rainy season, when leaching landivard is very intense, ebb current velocities in the estuary are sufficiently important to induce the migration towards the Barito inlet of a great quantity of sediments carried in suspension These tend to seal the mouth or the estuary The tidal range becomes small relative to the strength of river outflow as in many tropical estuaries (Wright 1977) Some authors (Kendrick Derbyshire 1983) have written that from August to November river flow multiplied by as much as 35 the suspension transport During the dry season there is il retention or silt within the estuary t is very difficult to estimate the annual total of sediments transportcd in the Barilo estuary Kendrick and Derbyshire indicate an annual load closc to 25 million m' 222 3 223

~ f 'R ',,- ' _ 4,,,? Pli 8ASSDULLET er d/ r^' - O -igurc Y Figure D ' HYDROSEOMENTOLOGY OFTHE ßANT0 ESTUARY,', ', ~ < ' V ' BASlN RVER LBEVE y 29 17 14 l 28 28 By way of conclusion a synthetic map (Fig O) of the ßarito cstuciry gives the perccnthges of distribution of the fraction less than 63 pm Four catcgorics arc defined with fine elements percentage in the total sediment Erosive trend zones are marked with a white arrow; zones characterized by accretion phenomena are indicated by a black arrow THE SOLS blorphology Most of the soil profiles are characterized by the presence of a generally fibrous peat, sometimes compounded with wood or leaf residues (Weiss, Da'i, 1974) The peat layer is more or less thick and generally located on the top horizon rarely at the bottom and sometimes inside the profile (Fig 1 ) n fact, it is often a peaty clay horizon with 10 YR 3/1-3/2 colour, rich in fibres and root residue, of half-ripe to ripe consistency, sticky and plastic Under Rliizopkorn forest, profiles are very much like those we have observed in Senegal (Marius, 1984) homogeneous, very fibrous, with a strong smell of HS At the top horizon fauna activity is vcry intense, mainly with crab holes t thus appears that the main morphological characteristic of tlic soils is a half-ripe to ripe consistcncy which shows that they are physically developed Chemi~al propertics One of the main characteristics of mangrove soils is a pl-l which is generally around 6-7 when measured in tlie field on fresh samples and sometimes acid and lower than 35 when measured in dried samples The difference between the field measured ph and the dry ph is called "potential acidity" This is typical in the c;w of most of the samples of the soils of the Darito estuary where thc field measured ph is around 6-7 and tlic air-dried ph is below 35 p:irticularly for smiplcs under Rlrirophurcr Most of tlie profiles are thus "potcntiiil acid sulphate soils" or "potential catcl;iys" Tlic potcnti;il acidity of these soils is due to ;iccuiiiuliitioii of sulphides inainly in pyritic form Tlic :iccuniulation of pyritc looli pl;ice during scdinientntinn Sca w;icr sulphatcs :ire rcduccd into sulphidcs througli the influencc of sulphate-reducing bacteria conteincd within the sediment in a reduced environment end with a high content of organic matter Sulphide re:icts with iron from the upper watershed C to form pyrite Under reduced conditions, pyrite is maintained in the soil but when aerated pyrite is oxidised to form iron sulphate, the soil becomes extremely acid with a decline of ph to less than 35 Such rapid oxidation will give jarosite KFe, (SO,), (OH),, which lias a pale yellow colour Some 24 water samplcs were analised and the data show that, cxccpt for R/iizop/ior~i samples, most-of the water samples are not salinc 51 O O 20 30 40 50 cljso; 'inurc 2 Leqend: 1013 W4 - So11 colour 70 i :laasurcd Cleld PH The water is for the most part composed of sodium chloride Chloride and sulphate are the main anions; sodium and magnesium are the main cations n sea watcr the C-/SO; ratio expressed in mmol/l is approximately 20 and we may note a good correlation bctwcen lhc ph and the C-jSO; ratio (Fig 12) A an initial concusioii, it niiuld appear that most of the soils of the surveyed area are potential acid sulphate soils but not salinc soils klineralogical properties All tlie samples were :in:ilised by X-ray diffraction for powder fraction and 77 samples werc analysed for the clay fraction - quartz Laolinitc smcctitc pyritc jarosite feldspar are prcscnt in the powdcr fraction: - kaolinitc and smcctitc :ire the two miin clayed mineriils prescnt in thc cl;iycd fraction associalcd with an intcrlnqcrcd chy Clsssificution of tlic soils According to the soil taxonomy classification, most of tlie soils may be dcscribcd 21s sulkiquent and sulfihcmist 3 224 225

nlicit they itrc peaty Some profiles are sullaquept Non-xid profiles of the rivcr levees are fluventic tropaqucpt LAND USE AND 1MPROVEMENT Rice the main crop of the surveyed area, is cultivated in permanent flooded conditions during a period of nine niontlis before harvesting and alter three succcssive transplantations Rice is flooded by non-saline tide w;iter This method, which is used by local populations O prevent oxidation and acidification of the soils, is well adapted to the soil conditions but permits only one crop per year Other crops include cocohu1, banana citrus pineapple and cocoa Agricultural conditions could bc improved by providing for a second crop of rice with short-term varieties, and also by using a scparate system for irrigation and drainage r\stociatctl with agrictilturc aquaculture could easily be developed in the area, the mangrove swamps being very rich in Jish prawns and shrimps The Rhizophora forest of Pisali besar should be totally protected as a natural forest rcserve where tourism might be managed ' CONCLUSONS From the scdintcntological point of view during the dry season the Barito estuary is controlled by tidal currents There is retention of silts within the estuary Rather violent winds during monsoon periods are lhe main cause of a constant redistribution of the finegrained particulate material at the river mouth t is to be regretted that data concerning the rainy season arc scanty The pedological survey carried out to the west of the estuary resulted irifer diu in the discovery of a beautiful mangrove forest Most of the soils of the surveyed area are potential acid sulphate, rather than saline soils RCt'ERliNCliS, (:i~*nullct Ph 19Xl Siudy or the hydrordimentological processes williiri Darito estuary Delta plilau Pctak Kalimantan ndonesia FREMER Centre de Uresl 82 p l:umvanrl J Chnntcíort A, 1978 Bioclimale of the ndonesian Archipclap nstilul l:r:inqais de hndichsry, Travaux de la Section Scientifique el Technique XV 104 p 11~1~1nus~n L E 1981 3iisic d m from Uarito detta Soulh Kalimaninn ndonesia LGPN LP 21 p (unpublished) Kcwlrick \l L t)crb>\hire V 1983 Factors :~ífcciing the supply :ml distribulion of sutinicnib in some tropical ports Can J Fish,4,p1 Sri Jll Supp 35-43 Marius C, 1984 Conlribulion 5 'iludc da mangroves du SCnCgal et de la Gambie 71Gsc Docl Érot Uniu Louis Pasteur, Srrasbourg, 1984309 p Oertel CE 1972 Sediment lransport of estuary entrance shoats and lhe lormalion of swash platíorm$ J Sediment Petrol 42, 4 857463 Soil Raenrrh mtitulq Bogor 1973 Report on soil invaligation oí the Delti Pulau Pchk (South and Central Kalimannn) Ministry of Agriculture Soit Research nslilule, Uogor n' 5-1973 146 p Weirs hl, Da7 Y 1974 deas on lhe genesis and the íertilily of rcgioml peal in ndonesia Congr AG Bandung ndonesia \Vright LD, 1977 Sediment transport and deposition at river mouths: a synlhcsis Doc n" 70614 Grol Soc Am Bull 88,857468 226