The sediment balance of the Wadden Sea

The sediment balance of the Wadden Sea: (in)stability of basins, islands and outer deltas.

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Download the summary of the presentations of this theme day.

Programme:

09:45-10:15 registration and coffee
10:20 opening

The outer delta
10:30-11:00 Ad van der Spek (Deltares): Morphodynamic development and sediment budget of the Dutch Wadden Sea over the last century.
11:00-11:30 Wim Ridderinkhof (IMAU): Influence of the back-barrier basin length on the geometry of ebb-tidal deltas.
11:30-12:00 Jacobus Hofstede (MELUR, Schleswig-Holstein): The Wadden Sea out of hydromorphological steady state – some theoretical considerations.

12:00-13:00 lunch

Exchange between basins
13:00-13:30 Maximiliano Sassi (NIOZ): SPM modelling in the Dutch Wadden Sea.
13:30-14:00 Thijs van Kessel (Deltares): Exchange of suspended sediment between the North Sea and Wadden Sea: implications for the sediment balance.

14:00-14:30 break

The basin as a whole
14:30-15:00 Rick Hoeksema (RWS): Adaptive strategy for safety.
15:00-15:30 Pieter Roos (Univ. Twente): Observations of barrier island length explained using an exploratory morphodynamic model of multiple inlet systems

15:30-16:15 closure & drinks