Open AccessWAVE CLIMATE STUDY In THE REGION OF THE EAST FRISIAN ISLANDS AND COAST
Author(s) -
Hanz D. Niemeyer
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
proceedings of conference on coastal engineering/proceedings of ... conference on coastal engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2156-1028
pISSN - 0589-087X
DOI - 10.9753/icce.v16.6
Subject(s) - oceanography , shore , inlet , tidal range , east coast , barrier island , range (aeronautics) , geology , geography , mainland , mainland china , intertidal zone , archaeology , estuary , materials science , china , composite material
The East Frisian Islands and Coast - located at the southern border of the North-Sea - are significantly characterized by a chain of off-shore islands which are separated from the mainland by wide spread tidal flats (FIG.1). Between the islands there are small and deep tidal inlets with strong currents, through which the tidal volume covering the flats is streaming in and out, with a tidal range of about 2,5 m.