Estuarine sediments - near bed processes - field measurement systems

The ability to predict the movement of cohesive sediment within costal estuarine or inland waters has a significant economical and ecological importance in the development of new engineering works and the maintenance of existing installations. Schemes such as the reclamation of intertidal flats, or the construction of new berths, or the enlargement and extension of dredged channels require a sound engineering appraisal of the likely changes in the patterns of sediment movement which will result after the scheme is built.