Morphology of Pits, Channels and Trenches Part 1: Literature review and study approach Part 2: Verification of Delft3D with PUTMOR dataset Part 3: Investigation of the longshore and cross-shore impact of various designs

For several years the large-scale mining of sand from the Dutch Sector of the North sea is in discussion related to the need of sand for shoreface, beach and dune nourishment and large-scale engineering works at sea (Maasvlakte extension, airport at sea). The mining methods considered, basically fall into two categories: wide, shallow or small,...