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Channel Dredging, Dredge Spoil Migration and Downdrift
Author(s) -
HEALY TERRY
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
new zealand geographer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.335
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1745-7939
pISSN - 0028-8144
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-7939.1994.tb00411.x
Subject(s) - dredging , port (circuit theory) , channel (broadcasting) , environmental science , oceanography , estuary , environmental protection , fishery , geology , engineering , telecommunications , electrical engineering , biology
A major dredging programme to deepen the shipping channels at the Port of Tauranga has seen some 5 million m 3 of mainly sandy sediment dredged from the shipping channels and dumped on the adjacent inner shelf. An Environmental Impact Assessment has identified major concerns and consent granting authorities have proposed a monitoring programme.