PhD theses

In this section you will find theses that are related to the Wadden Sea Region for the Research theme Geoscience. You can download the pdf version of the theses.

Sediment Pathways on Ebb-Tidal Deltas: New Tools and Techniques for Analysis

Author: Stuart Pearson
Date: 8 March 2022
University: TU Delft

Download the thesis: Sediment Pathways on Ebb-Tidal Deltas: New Tools and Techniques for Analysis! via the repository of the TU Delft.

Exploratory Modelling of Barrier Coast Dynamics

Author: Koen Reef
Date: 3 March 2022
University: Twente University

Download the thesis: Exploratory Modelling of Barrier Coast Dynamics via the website of Twente University.

Bedforms and their effect on sediment transport on ebb-tidal deltas

Author: Laura Brakenhoff
Date: 26 november 2021
University:  Utrecht University

Download the complete thesis: Bedforms and their effect on sediment transport on ebb-tidal deltas

Biogeomorphology of Salt Marshes

Understanding the decadal salt marsh dynamics for flood defense

Author: Pim Willemsen
Date: 22 January 2021
Uiversity: University of Twente

Download the complete thesis: Biogeomorphology of Salt Marshes - Understanding the decadal salt marsh dynamics for flood defense via the website of University of Twente

Pioneering the edges

unravelling how bioturbation, seeds and sediment dynamics affect initial establishment of pioneer vegetation at the salt marsh edge

Autthor: Marin van Regteren
Date: 9 oktober 2020
University: Wageningen University

Download the complete thesis: Pioneering the edges; unravelling how bioturbation, seeds and sediment dynamics affect initial establishment of pioneer vegetation at the salt marsh edge via Wageningen University

Washover inundation and barrier island accretion

Author: Daan Wesselman
Date: 8 April 2020
University: Utrecht University

Download the thesis: Washover inundation and barrier island accretion (pdf 3 Mb)

Hydrodynamics and crossshore sand transport during barrier island inundation

Author: Anita Engelstad
Date: 25 October 2019
Universiteit: University of Utrecht

Download the thesis: Hydrodynamics and crossshore sand transport during barrier island inundation (pdf 10,4 Mb)
 

 

Beach-dune systems near inlets - linking subtidal and subaerial morphodynamics

Author: Filipe Galiforni Silva
Date: 25 April 2019
University: University of Twente

Download the thesis: Beach-dune systems near inlets - linking subtidal and subaerial morphodynamics (pdf 13 Mb)

Building Safety with Nature. Salt Marshes for Flood Risk Reduction

Author: Vincent Vuik
Date: 27 March 2019
University: Delft University of Technology

Download the complete thesis: Building Safety with Nature. Salt Marshes for Flood Risk Reduction (pdf 16 Mb).

The use of remote sensing to reveal landscape-scale ecosystem engineering by shellfish reefs

Author: Sil Nieuwhof
Date: 19 april 2018
University: University Twente

 

Download the complete thesis: The use of remote sensing to reveal landscape-scale ecosystem engineering by shellfish reefs (pdf 16 Mb).

Dunes, above and beyond; The interactions between ecological and geomorphological processes during early dune development

Author: Marinka van Puijenbroek
Date: 8 December 2017
University: Wageningen University

Download the thesis: Dunes, above and beyond; The interactions between ecological and geomorphological processes during early dune development (pdf 3,5 Mb)

Morphodynamics of ebb-tidal areas

Author: Wim Ridderinkhof
Date: 8 juni 2016
University: Utrecht University

Download the thesis: Morphodynamics of ebb-tidal areas (via the website of UU)

Hydrodynamic processes and the stability of intertidal mussel beds in the Dutch Wadden Sea

Author: Jasper Donker
Date: 20 May 2015
University: Utrecht University

Download the complete thesis: Hydrodynamic processes and the stability of intertidal mussel beds in the Dutch Wadden Sea (pdf 14 Mb). 

Long-term process-based morphological modeling of large tidal basins

Author: Ali Dastgehib
Date: 12 november 2012
University: Delft University

Download the thesis: Long-Term Process-Based Morphological Modeling of Large Tidal Basins (pdf 9,7 Mb).

Macrophytes in Estuarine Gradients: Flow through flexible vegetation

Author: Jasper Dijkstra
Date: 6 March 2012
University: Delft University

Download the thesis: Macrophytes in Estuarine Gradients: Flow through flexible vegetation (pdf 5 Mb)

Spatial patterns in phototrophic biofilms. The role of physical and biological interactions

Author: Ellen Weerman
Date: 11 mei 2011
University: Radboud University Nijmegen

Download this thesis. (pdf 4,6 Mb)

Dense Water and Fluid Sand: Optical properties and methods for remote sensing of the extremely turbid Wadden Sea

Author: Annelies Hommersom
Date: 28 juni 2010
University: VU University Amsterdam

more information about this thesis at the VU website

Salt-marsh sediment: natural gamma-radioactivity and spatial patterns

Author: Alma de Groot
Date: 23 Oktober 2009
University: University of Groningen

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Ferry-observed variability of currents and bedforms in the Marsdiep inlet

Author: Maarten Buijsman
Date: 10 Oktober 2007
University: Utrecht University

Download this thesis (pdf 7,4 Mb)