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Dune erosion during storm surges / Jacob Simon Marie van Thiel de Vries.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thiel de Vries, J. S. M. van (Jacob Simon Marie van), 1978-
- Series:
- Deltares select series ; v. 3.
- Deltares select series, 1877-5608 ; v. 3
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Beach erosion.
- Sand dunes.
- Storm surges.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (220 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam : IOS Press, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Explains the dune erosion during storm surges as it occurs along the Dutch coast. This book discusses areas including a large scale erosion experiment designed to improve insight into near dune hydrodynamics, sediment transport and interaction between dune face and swash zone.
- Contents:
- Title Page; Contents; Abstract; Samenvatting; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Large scale dune erosion tests; Chapter 3 Interaction of dune face and swash zone; Chapter 4 Modeling near dune hydrodynamics; Chapter 5 Modeling near dune sediment suspensions; Chapter 6 Modeling dune erosion; Chapter 7 Conclusions and recommendations; References; List of symbols; Appendix A Description of the morphodynamic model XBeach; Appendix B Model input files; Acknowledgements; Curriculum Vitae
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-173) and curriculum vitae.
- ISBN:
- 6612454598
- 1-282-45459-5
- 9786612454592
- 1-60750-453-7
- OCLC:
- 608672815
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