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James A. Pollard, Elizabeth K. Christie, Susan M. Brooks and Tom Spencer
Gravel barriers represent physiographic, hydrographic, sedimentary, and ecological boundaries between inshore and open marine offshore environments, where they provide numerous important functions. The morphosedimentary features of gravel barriers (e.g.,...
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Ziyu Chen, Philip Orton and Thomas Wahl
Gated storm surge barriers are being studied by the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) for coastal storm risk management for the New York City metropolitan area. Surge barrier gates are only closed when storm tides exceeding a specific ?trigge...
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Luca Cavallaro, Claudio Iuppa and Enrico Foti
The Venice lagoon is one of the most important areas in Italy because of its history and its particular structure and form. In order to defend Venice and other towns within the lagoon from severe floods, the Italian Government promotes a project that inc...
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Hua Zhong, Peter-Jules Van Overloop, Pieter Van Gelder and Ties Rijcken
The Rhine River Delta is crucial to the Dutch economy. The Maeslant barrier was built in 1997 to protect the Rhine estuary, with the city and port of Rotterdam, from storm surges. This research takes a simple approach to quantify the influence of the Mae...
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