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Human interventions in river-estuary systems, a case study of the Loire, France

1. Introduction
1.1. Background
1.2. Problem statement
1.3. Objectives1.4 Research questions
1.5. Approach and limitations
1.6. Reading guide
2. Literature review
2.1. River bed degradation
2.2. Bed degradation in the Loire river
2.3. Measures tomitigate bed degradation
2.4. Residual sediment transport in estuaries
2.5. Description of the Loire estuary
2.6. Effects of historical interventions in the Loire estuary
2.7. Measures in the estuary
3. Approach and model set-up
3.1. Idealized modelling of river-estuary systems
3.2. Grid and bed topography
3.3. Boundary conditions
3.4. Model settings for morphology
3.5. Hydrodynamic calibration
3.6. Simulation approach
3.7. Computational efficiency
4. Model application 30
4.1. Hydrodynamic process analysis
4.2. Sand transport
4.3. Mud transport
4.4. River-estuary interaction
5. Discussion
5.1. Simplifications
5.2. Consequences of numerical modelling approach
5.3. Applicability to other river-estuaries
5.4. Relation to literature
6. Conclusions and recommendations
6.1. Conclusions
6.2. Recommendations
Bibliography
A. Velocity under baroclinic forcing
B. Overview of measured SSC
C. Mud simulation results
D. Analysis of salt transport with sediment tracer simulations