North-coast of Texel: a comparison between reality and prediction

Rob Steijn, Dano Roelvink, Dick Rakhorst, Jan Ribberink, Jan van Overeem

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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 languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCoastal engineering 1998
Subtitle of host publicationConference proceedings, June 22-26, 1998, Copenhagen, Denmark
EditorsBilly L. Edge
Place of PublicationReston, VA
PublisherAmerican Society of Civil Engineers
Pages2281-2293
Number of pages13
Volume2
ISBN (Print)0-7844-0411-9
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 1999
Event26th International Conference on Coastal Engineering, ICCE 1998 - Copenhagen, Denmark
Duration: 22 Jun 199827 Jun 1998
Conference number: 26

Publication series

NameCoastal engineering proceedings
PublisherASCE
Volume26
ISSN (Print)2156-1028

Conference

Conference26th International Conference on Coastal Engineering, ICCE 1998
Abbreviated titleICCE
Country/TerritoryDenmark
CityCopenhagen
Period22/06/9827/06/98

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