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Influence of morphological changes on suspended sediment dynamics in a macrotidal estuary: diachronic analysis in the Seine Estuary (France) from 1960 to 2010

1. Introduction
2. Historical development of the lower Seine estuary
2.1. Study area
2.2. Historical development
3. Numerical model setup
3.1. Hydrodynamic model
3.2. Sediment model
3.3. Model forcing and diachronic scenarios
4. Results and discussion
4.1. Hydrodynamics
4.2. Salinity and SSC spatial distributions
4.3. Analysis of the ETM and salinity front locations
4.4. Analysis of the ETM mass
5. Conclusions
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