Changes in basin geomorphology after implementation of the Oosterschelde estuary project
Mulder, J.P.M.; Louters, T. (1994). Changes in basin geomorphology after implementation of the Oosterschelde estuary project, in: Nienhuis, P.H. et al. The Oosterschelde Estuary (The Netherlands): A case-study of a changing ecosystem. Developments in Hydrobiology, 97: pp. 29-39. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1174-4_4 In: Nienhuis, P.H.; Smaal, A.C. (Ed.) (1994). The Oosterschelde Estuary (The Netherlands): A case-study of a changing ecosystem. Developments in Hydrobiology, 97. Springer Science+Business Media: Dordrecht. ISBN 978-94-010-4512-4; e-ISBN 978-94-011-1174-4. XXIV, 597 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1174-4, more In: Dumont, H.J. (Ed.) Developments in Hydrobiology. Kluwer Academic/Springer: The Hague; London; Boston; Dordrecht. ISSN 0167-8418, more |
| Keywords | Earth sciences > Geology > Geomorphology
Ecology
Engineering > Coastal engineering
Water bodies > Coastal waters > Coastal landforms > Coastal inlets > Estuaries
ANE, Netherlands, Oosterschelde [Marine Regions]
Marine/Coastal; Brackish water | | Author keywords | |
| Authors | | Top | - Mulder, J.P.M.
- Louters, T., more
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| Abstract | The completion in 1986/87 of an open storm-surge barrier in the inlet and of secondary dams in the landward parts of the Oosterschelde tidal basin (SW Netherlands) has had and will continue to have a significant impact on geomorphological developments. An analysis of historic data, and of recent detailed bathymetric and morphodynamic process data, indicates that former trends have reversed. At present the Oosterschelde is a sedimentation basin with a degrading intertidal area and silting up of channels. The continuing reduction in intertidal area, the decreasing geomorphological gradients, the increasing fine sediment content of channel deposits, combined with a general reduction in hydrodynamics, imply significant ecological effects. |
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