Why More Sand Not Always Results in Larger Dunes

Book Chapter (2019)
Author(s)

BM Hoonhout (TU Delft - Coastal Engineering)

Research Group
Coastal Engineering
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Publication Year
2019
Language
English
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Research Group
Coastal Engineering
Pages (from-to)
100-103
ISBN (print)
978 94 6384-021-7

Abstract

Shortly after the Sand Motor was constructed, strong winds suspended large clouds of fine sediment in the air. These local sand clouds could reach up to 100 m high and travel several kilometers inland into the urban areas of Kijkduin. About half a year later, the nuisance disappeared as suddenly as it had appeared. What happened to this extreme aeolian activity, unprecedented along the Dutch coast?

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