Effects of a stratified tidal flow on the morphodynamics

This thesis examines the effects of the stratified tidal flow on the morphodynamics of the Dutch inner shelf. The south portion of the Dutch inner shelf is strongly influenced by the Rhine River ROFI (Region Of Freshwater Influence), which is generated by the discharge from the Rhine River through the Rotterdam waterways. Under stratified...

Observations of Bedform Migration and Bedload Sediment Transport in Combined Wave-Current Flows

Bedload transport is an important mechanism for sediment flux in the nearshore. Yet few studies examine the relationship between bedform evolution and net sediment transport. Our work contributes concurrent observations of bedform mobility and bedload transport in response to wave dominant, current dominant, and combined wave-current flows in...

Sediment dynamics on the shoreface and upper continental shelf: A review

Sand transport processes and sediment and bedform dynamics are reviewed with emphasis on the measured processes on the shoreface between the seaward edge of the surfzone and the upper continental shelf on time scales from seconds to a year. The studies reviewed here were done off California, in the northern Gulf of Mexico, at Nova Scotia, on the...