Effects of Shoal Margin Collapses on the Morphodynamics of a Sandy Estuary
Effects of Shoal Margin Collapses on the Morphodynamics of a Sandy Estuary
Shoal margin collapses of several million cubic meters have occurred in the Western Scheldt estuary, the Netherlands, on average five times a year over the last decades. While these collapses involve significant volumes of material, their effect on the channel-shoal morphology is unknown. We hypothesize that collapses dynamicize the channel-shoal …