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A Natural and Anthropogenic Squeeze of the Monsoon Tidal Inlet
Published:
13 November 2021
by MDPI
in The 6th International Electronic Conference on Water Sciences
session Soft and Hard Interventions to Adapt to and Mitigate Abiotic and Biotic Coastal Change Due to Climate Change and Human Interventions
https://doi.org/10.3390/ECWS-6-11645
(registering DOI)
Abstract:
This study investigates the influences of natural and human-induced spatial blocking on the morphological and hydrodynamic features of the Tien Chau tidal inlet. It is observed that the absence of the downdrift barrier island and the appearance of the headlands form a squeeze tidal inlet. Moreover, anthropogenic factors, including urbanization and aquacultures, block a large part of the flood-tidal delta. These natural and human-induced spatial restrictions have significant influences on the hydro and morphodynamic characteristics of the inlet. In order to obtain more insight, a schematized numerical model was constructed in the Delft3D model and validated using measured field data.
Keywords: squeeze; climate change; numerical model; field measurement; monsoon tidal inlet; human con-structions