Abstract
For an efficient protection of the north coast of the Dutch Waddensea island Texel, a long dam was constructed in 1995. The position of this dam is on the southern swash platform of the ebb tidal delta of the Eijerlandse Gat: the tidal inlet between the two Waddensea islands Texel and Vlieland. The long dam changed the hydro-morphological conditions in this tidal inlet. The changes in the inlet's morphology have been monitored through regular bathymetry surveys. This paper describes some of the most remarkable changes that occurred in the inlet after the construction of the long dam. The impact of the long dam on the inlet's morphology and the adjacent shoreline stability has been examined with the use of a medium-term morphodynamic model. From a comparison between the observed and predicted morphological changes it followed that the model was able to simulate the large scale morphological response of the inlet system. However, on a smaller scale there were still important discrepancies between the observations and the predictions.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Coastal engineering 1998 |
| Subtitle of host publication | Conference proceedings, June 22-26, 1998, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Editors | Billy L. Edge |
| Place of Publication | Reston, VA |
| Publisher | American Society of Civil Engineers |
| Pages | 2281-2293 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Volume | 2 |
| ISBN (Print) | 0-7844-0411-9 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 1999 |
| Event | 26th International Conference on Coastal Engineering, ICCE 1998 - Copenhagen, Denmark Duration: 22 Jun 1998 → 27 Jun 1998 Conference number: 26 |
Publication series
| Name | Coastal engineering proceedings |
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| Publisher | ASCE |
| Volume | 26 |
| ISSN (Print) | 2156-1028 |
Conference
| Conference | 26th International Conference on Coastal Engineering, ICCE 1998 |
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| Abbreviated title | ICCE |
| Country/Territory | Denmark |
| City | Copenhagen |
| Period | 22/06/98 → 27/06/98 |