Morphological effects of vegetation on the tidal–fluvial transition in Holocene estuaries

Lokhorst, Ivar R.; Braat, Lisanne; Leuven, Jasper R. F. W.; Baar, Anne W.; van Oorschot, Mijke; Selaković, Sanja; Kleinhans, Maarten G.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-6-883-2018

Articles | Volume 6, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-6-883-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-6-883-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 6, issue 4

Research article

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09 Oct 2018

Research article |

| 09 Oct 2018

Morphological effects of vegetation on the tidal–fluvial transition in Holocene estuaries

Ivar R. Lokhorst, Lisanne Braat, Jasper R. F. W. Leuven, Anne W. Baar, Mijke van Oorschot, Sanja Selaković, and Maarten G. Kleinhans

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RC1: 'Review of the manuscript entitled: “Morphological effects of vegetation on the fluvial-tidal transition in Holocene estuaries” by Lokhorst et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 06 Jun 2018
RC2: 'Lokhorst et al. REVIEW (Eli Lazarus)', Eli D Lazarus, 19 Jun 2018
RC3: 'Review of Lokhorst et al. 2018 for ESurf', Anonymous Referee #3, 25 Jun 2018
AC1: 'Author response to all reviewers', Maarten Kleinhans, 26 Jul 2018

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AR by Maarten Kleinhans on behalf of the Authors (13 Aug 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (03 Sep 2018) by Orencio Duran Vinent

ED: Publish as is (04 Sep 2018) by Tom Coulthard (Editor)

AR by Maarten Kleinhans on behalf of the Authors (21 Sep 2018) Manuscript

Short summary

In estuaries, mud sedimentation enhances salt marsh accretion. Here we explore system-scale effects of plants and mud on planform shape and size of estuaries. We coupled Delft3D for hydromorphodynamics with our vegetation model and ran controls for comparison. Effects are greatest at the fluvial–tidal transition, where for the first time in a model, a bedload convergence zone formed. Regardless of local vegetation effects, mud and vegetation cause gradual filling of estuaries over time.