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Restoration of the Loire estuary: the result of 20 years of studies

1. Introduction
2. Main characteristics of the loire estuary
3. Objectives of the comprehensive study approach
3.1. Objectives
3.2. Investigation of solutions
3.3. Use of a 3D model for the hydrosedimentary evaluation
4. The 2007-2013 pre-operational programme
4.1. Overview
4.2. Definition of baseline situations and acquisition of data required for the project
4.3. Development and application of evaluation tools
4.4. Updating ond optimisation of comprehensive scenarios
4.5. Design of the experimental mud flat and consultation
5. Updating and fine-tuning of the comprehensive scenarios
5.1. The trend scenario without any intervention
5.2. The comprehensive morphological scenario
6. Results of twenty years of studies
7. References
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