Morphodynamic Equilibria in Double-Inlet Systems

Tidal basins are connected to the outer sea by one or more tidal inlets. In this presentation, we focus on so-called double inlet systems, i.e., tidal inlet systems with two connecting channels. A typical example is the Marsdiep-Vlie system, located in the Dutch Wadden Sea. Using an idealized morphodynamic model, we aim at directly finding...

A semi-analytical study on the residual transport of salinity and sediment trapping in well-mixed estuaries

Along-channel and cross-channel sediment transport in tidal estuaries is usually driven by tides, density gradients, Coriolis’s force, wind stress, channel curvature and bathymetric variations. Since the water motion is influenced by density-induced gravitational circulation which in turn affects the salinity distribution, the coupled water...