Tidal hydrodynamics and sediment transport processes in ‘de Slufter’, the Netherlands

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Small tidal inlets along sandy coasts are important features which hold a great variety of flora and fauna. National park ‘de Slufter’ at Texel, the Netherlands, is a small tidal inlet. Its natural dynamics and ecological values must be maintained in future. Taking into consideration that the Slufter is a temporal phenomenon, the stability of the Slufter is therefore an important issue. \n\nIncidentally, Rijkswaterstaat relocates the down drift migration channel to the south, but generally the natural dynamics in the Slufter have free play. For future management planning and maintenance strategies we have to expand our knowledge on the dynamic behavior of small tidal inlets. Contradictory to the relative long physical appearance of the Slufter (150 years), many tidal inlet models predict a short-term closure of the Slufter. This raises questions to coastal engineers. Therefore Utrecht University has launched a series of fieldworks at the Slufer.\n\nThis research is a qualitative assess

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