A parameter sensitivity analysis and feasibility study on the concept of the Lease Polder

Ongoing sea level rise combined with significant levels of land subsidence cause the everlasting need for reinforcements of the current coastal protection measures to ensure a certain level of coastal safety. Developing countries in the Asian regions tend to suffer from even more severe levels of land subsidence and often lack the financial...

The role of mud on the long-term morphological development of a tidal basin

Modelling the Rhine ROFI on a non-straight coast

Additional thesis - The Rhine river outflow has a major impact on the North Sea in front of the Dutch coast. It creates the Rhine ROFI (region of freshwater influence), a very complex three-dimensional volume of water with a relatively low salinity. Many researches have been conducted on this phenomenon. Now another complex factor is added: a...

Predicting effects of environmental change in Puget Sound

Puget Sound is a large glacially carved basin, in between the Cascade and Olympic mountains in the northwest of Washington state, United States. A shallow sill at the north end of Admirality Inlet separates Puget Sound from the strait of Juan de Fuca. To better understand Puget Sound and the changes the region undergoes, it is necessary to be...