Open AccessHYDRAULIC RESEARCH IN THE OOSTERSCHELDE ESTUARY
Author(s) -
A.W. Walther
Publication year - 1980
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.v17.140
Subject(s) - storm surge , estuary , storm , environmental science , plan (archaeology) , surge , delta , oceanography , hydrology (agriculture) , meteorology , geology , geography , engineering , geotechnical engineering , archaeology , aerospace engineering
In 1974 a major policy change was made to the Delta plan (fig. 1) to close the Oosterschelde (East Scheldt). For ecological reasons it was decided to replace the originally planned barrier dam with a storm surge barrier. This could be opened to allow normal tidal movement or closed during storm surges.