A 3-D model to analyze environmental effects of dredging operations –  application to the Port of Marin, Spain

García Alba, J.; Gómez, A. G.; Tinoco López, R. O.; Sámano Celorio, M. L.; García Gómez, A.; Juanes, J. A.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/adgeo-39-95-2014

Articles | Volume 39

Adv. Geosci., 39, 95–99, 2014

https://doi.org/10.5194/adgeo-39-95-2014

© Author(s) 2014. This work is distributed under
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Adv. Geosci., 39, 95–99, 2014

https://doi.org/10.5194/adgeo-39-95-2014

© Author(s) 2014. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 39

01 Apr 2014

A 3-D model to analyze environmental effects of dredging operations – application to the Port of Marin, Spain

J. García Alba, A. G. Gómez, R. O. Tinoco López, M. L. Sámano Celorio, A. García Gómez, and J. A. Juanes J. García Alba et al.

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Environmental Hydraulics Institute "IH Cantabria", Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain

Received: 14 Oct 2013 – Revised: 13 Dec 2013 – Accepted: 16 Dec 2013 – Published: 01 Apr 2014

Abstract. Historically, the study of dredging processes has depended on physical laboratory tests. The IH-Dredge model has been developed to simulate these processes numerically. It simulates the evolution of the seabed, sediment and toxic substances involved in dredging operations. The model has been calibrated and validated with experimental data, and it has been applied in a dredging operation in the Port of Marin, Spain.