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Shallow - shallower - shallowest: morphological monitoring Walsoorden
Leys, E.; Plancke, Y.; Ides, S. (2006). Shallow - shallower - shallowest: morphological monitoring Walsoorden, in: Evolutions in hydrography, 6th - 9th November 2006, Provincial House Antwerp, Belgium: Proceedings of the 15th International Congress of the International Federation of Hydrographic Societies. Special Publication (Hydrographic Society), 55: pp. 93-96
In: (2006). Evolutions in hydrography, 6th - 9th November 2006, Provincial House Antwerp, Belgium: Proceedings of the 15th International Congress of the International Federation of Hydrographic Societies. Special Publication (Hydrographic Society), 55. International Federation of Hydrographic Society: London. 234 + cd-rom pp.
In: Special Publication (Hydrographic Society). Hydrographic Society: London. ISSN 0309-8303
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Document type: Conference paper
Keywords
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    Anchorages > Harbours
    Ecology
    Modelling
    Models > Scale models
    Monitoring
    Shipping lanes
    Simulation
    Surveys > Hydrographic surveys > Bathymetric surveys
    Waste disposal sites
    Wastes > Dredge spoil
    ANE, Netherlands, Westerschelde, Plaat van Walsoorden [Marine Regions]
    Marine/Coastal; Brackish water
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  • Leys, E.
  • Plancke, Y.
  • Ides, S.
Abstract
    In 2001, an expert team appointed by the Antwerp Port Authority proposed a new strategy for disposing dredged material, as part of a strategy for managing the morphology of the Western Scheldt estuary. Extensive research carried out by Flanders Hydraulics Research - including physical scale-modelling, numerical simulations and field measurements - indicated that the proposed strategy would likely be successful. The final step to investigate the feasibility was the execution of a full-scale in situ test in view of modifying the shape of the ‘Walsoorden’ shoal. This paper describes the morphological monitoring program in detail. As far as known, the extreme project specifications were never realised before.
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