Sediment trapping in the Zeebrugge Coastal Turbidity Maximum

Abstract (2017)

Authors

D.S. van Maren Environmental Fluid Mechanics - CEG
J. Vroom Deltares
Research Group
Environmental Fluid Mechanics (CEG) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2017 D.S. van Maren, J Vroom
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Published Date

2017

Language

English

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Faculty

Civil Engineering & Geosciences

Department

Hydraulic Engineering

Research Group

Environmental Fluid Mechanics

Abstract

The mechanisms leading to the formation and maintenance of a Coastal Turbidity Maximum (CTM) along the Belgian coastline was investigated using a complex 3D numerical model. Interpretation of model results suggests that the sediment concentration in this CTM may have strongly increased as a result of human interventions in the 1980’s. The large amount of sediment that became available
then triggered self-organizing mechanisms that maintain or strengthen the CTM.