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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SEDIMENT RESEARCH
Volume 28, Issue 2, Pages 162-171Publisher
IRTCES
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-6279(13)60028-1
Keywords
Wadden Sea; Tide; Tidal watershed; Morphological equilibrium; Sediment demand
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- Deltares
- Delft University of Technology
- Ecoshape [08-PSA-E-001]
- Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences and Arts (KNAW)
- Rijkswaterstaat
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The Wadden Sea consists of a series of tidal lagoons which are connected to the North Sea by tidal inlets. Boundaries of each lagoon are the mainland coast, the barrier islands on both sides of the tidal inlet, and the tidal watersheds behind the two barrier islands. Behind each Wadden Island there is a tidal watershed separating two adjacent tidal lagoons. The locations of the tidal watersheds in the Wadden Sea are not fixed. Especially after a human interference in one of the tidal lagoons, a tidal watershed can move and thereby influence the distribution of area between the lagoons. This appears to be important for the morphological development in not only the basin in which the interference takes place, but also in the adjacent basins. This paper describes theoretical analyses and numerical modelling aimed at improving the insights into the location of the tidal watersheds, their movements, and the impact of the movements of tidal watersheds on the morphological development of a multi-basin system like the Wadden Sea.
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