Print Email Facebook Twitter Quantifying spit growth and its hydrodynamic drivers in wind-dominated lake environments Title Quantifying spit growth and its hydrodynamic drivers in wind-dominated lake environments Author van Kouwen, Niels C. (Royal HaskoningDHV; Student TU Delft) Ton, A.M. (TU Delft Coastal Engineering) Vos, S.E. (TU Delft Coastal Engineering; Baars-CIPRO) Vijverberg, Thomas (Royal Boskalis Westminster) Reniers, A.J.H.M. (TU Delft Environmental Fluid Mechanics) Aarninkhof, S.G.J. (TU Delft Hydraulic Engineering) Department Hydraulic Engineering Date 2023 Abstract Many sand spits are morphodynamically complex landforms, that are either analysed with complex and expensive computational models or at a conceptual level. Therefore, most case studies on spits in different environments are descriptive. A novel method based on the use of polar coordinates was devised to quantitatively analyse spit morphodynamics in a non-tidal, wind-dominated lake environment, using the Marker Wadden islands in Lake Markermeer, the Netherlands, as a case study. A high-resolution morphological data set allowed for the quantification of sedimentation processes around two spits, in two distinctive depth zones. Spit-platform growth is governed by alongshore currents that transport sediment over the spit-platform into deeper waters; the size of the spit-platform in turn affects the growth of the spit around the mean water level. Insight in this complex interplay of processes is crucial to understand spit behaviour in low-energy lake environments. At the Marker Wadden the submerged spit-platform grows during high energy wind events while the emerged spit part grows under mild to moderate energy conditions. With this new method we can quantitatively explore the role of different wave and flow conditions and predict spit growth direction in non-tidal, wind-dominated environments, beyond the level of conceptual descriptions. Subject Low-energyMarker Wadden (Lake Markermeer, the Netherlands)Spit growthSpit-platform To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:3fdd202f-1e2e-411d-a90f-5001508b3871 DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2023.108799 ISSN 0169-555X Source Geomorphology, 437 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2023 Niels C. van Kouwen, A.M. Ton, S.E. Vos, Thomas Vijverberg, A.J.H.M. Reniers, S.G.J. Aarninkhof Files PDF 1_s2.0_S0169555X23002192_main.pdf 19.56 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:3fdd202f-1e2e-411d-a90f-5001508b3871/datastream/OBJ/view