"Dissertation submitted in fulfillment of the requirements of the Board for Doctorates of Delft University of Technology and of the Academic Board of the UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education for the Degree of Doctor to be defended in public on Wednesday, 26 May 2010 at 10.00 hours in Delft, The Netherlands."

Dissertation (Ph. D.)--Delft University of Technology, 2010.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-179).

1. Framework for morphodynamic modeling in alluvial estuaries -- 2. Schematized 1D and 2D model results and western Scheldt data -- 3. Bank erosion and energydissipation [sic] in an idealized tidal embayment -- 4. Morphodynamic modeling of tidal channel evolution in comparison to empirical PA relationship -- 5. Reproduction of the western Scheldt bathymetry by means of a process-based, morphodynamic model -- 6. Process-based, morphodynamic hindcast of decadal deposition patterns in San Pablo Bay 1856-1887 -- 7. Conclusions and recommendations.

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