Aspects of sediment- and morphodynamics of subtidal deposits of the Oosterschelde (Netherlands)

Van den Berg, J.H.

Aspects of sediment- and morphodynamics of subtidal deposits of the Oosterschelde (Netherlands)

Title

Aspects of sediment- and morphodynamics of subtidal deposits of the Oosterschelde (Netherlands)

Author

Van den Berg, J.H.

Corporate name

Rijkswaterstaat

Project

Deltawerken

Date

1986-01-01

Abstract

The present thesis consists of five articles, in all of which links are established between sedimentological aspects of sediments - mostly below the low-water 'line - in the Oosterschelde and either large- or small-scale morphological changes. Large morphological changes and associated movements of sediment which occur in the tidal system of the Oosterschelde are first considered in relation to changes in the tidal discharges of this sea-arm. The link between sedimentary structures of recent deposits in the Oosterschelde, as observed in a number of excavations for construction purposes, and the morphological background to their origin is indicated. Lastly, the connection between bed-load transport and sediment transport through small-scale morphological changes in the form of the movement of sand dunes and ripple-marks, is discussed, as is the prediction of such transport with the aid of bed-load transport formulae.

Subject

delta
estuary
morphology
Oosterschelde

Classification

TLE750100

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Publisher

Rijkswaterstaat

Source

Rijkswaterstaat Communication 43, also Dissertation Utrecht University

Part of collection

Hydraulic Engineering Reports