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Monitoring silt content in sediments off the Dutch coast

Vries, Koos de and Kok, Johan de and Koomans, Ronald L. and Ronde, John de and Rozemeijer, Marcel J.C. (2012) Monitoring silt content in sediments off the Dutch coast. In: Hydro12 - Taking care of the sea., 13 November 2012 - 15 November 2012, Rotterdam .

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Event:	Hydro12 - Taking care of the sea., 13 November 2012 - 15 November 2012, Rotterdam
Abstract:	Silts, present in sand extraction sites, can potentially mobilize in the water column and result in increased turbidity of the North Sea. The main knowledge gap in assessing this potential risk is the capacity to buffer silts in the sandy sediments. To assess this buffering potential, Rijkswaterstaat and Stichting LaMER started a Monitoring and evaluation program (MEP Sandmining) to monitor, amongst others, the concentration and variation of fines in the sediments off the Dutch Coast. We monitored the concentration of fines in the sediment along 3 cross-shore tracks, ranging from 0-9 km off the coast, with the Medusa system and by taking sediment samples. The Medusa system results in continuous measurements of the silt content of sediments along a line, the samples have been used for validation purposes
Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Link to this item:	https://doi.org/10.3990/2.218
Conference URL:	http://hydro12.com/
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