Principles of sediment transport in rivers, estuaries, and coastal seas

This book reflects the results of basic research and practical experience in sediment transport andmorphology in rivers, estuaries and coastal seas all over the world during a period of about 15 years.The purpose of this book is to give a unified view of sediment (sand and mud) transport over a widerange of conditions; from quasi-steady river flow to the violent wave-breaking processes in the surfzone of coastal seas. It was not the intention of the author to give a complete overview of theoverwhelming amount of literature available. On the contrary, the emphasis is laid on the descriptionand the application of those theories and formulae which have proven to give realistic results based onthe authors experience.