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Waterborne RESEARCH:
H-SENSE |
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| Project Acronym: |
H-SENSE |
| Type of contract: |
Shared Cost |
| Project title: |
Harbours - Silting and Environmental Sedimentology |
| URL: |
http://hjs.geol.uib.no/Hsense/index.html |
| Main contractor: |
GOETEBORG UNIVERSITY |
| Type organisation: |
Education |
| Country: |
SE |
| Start date & duration: |
1998-01-01 - 24 months |
| Area: |
Waterborne |
| Relevant tasks: |
6.3.5.35 /6.3.5.33 |
| Total cost in kECUs: |
689 |
| Total EU contribution in kECUs: |
565 |
Objectives of research
Main objectives:
The aim of the H-SENSE (Harbours - Silting and Environmental Sedimentology) project is to develop a predictive sedimentological model for the management of harbour activities with regard to silting and the evaluation of environmental pollution. The applications of this modelling, especially dredging procedures and traffic management, will have importance for both the industrial potential and the overall environmental health of such harbour waters and adjacent regions. The survey methods tested here will give a sediment perspective to hydrographic surveys for the evaluation of both navigable depths within soft sediments and the aternative responses to harbour silting. By using low-tidal settings, sediment accumulations from relatively undisturbed sites as a baseline control for the natural changes expected through time can be compared. Specific Objectives: 1. Identification of the sediment sources, transport pathways and deposition in a harbour setting having limited tidal influence. 2. Evaluation of the geographic and vertical associations between sediment components and the geo-chemical transfer mechanisms involving pollutants, with particular reference to bottom turbulence. 3. Establishment of a generic model for component and process quantification, and to suggest model scenarios involving dredging and environmental change in harbour settings.
Demo Sites:
Goeteborg harbour (Sweden), Bergen harbour (Norway) and Ventspils harbour (Latvia).
Links with other projects, tasks, areas, programmes, policy actions:
ECO (ECO-Information in European ports), SWAMIEE (TMR network)
Participants
| Organisation |
Type |
Country |
| GOETEBORG UNIVERSITY |
Education |
SE |
| UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN |
Education |
NO |
| TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT |
Education |
NL |
| IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MEDECINE |
Education |
GB |
| SWEDISH GEOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE |
Research Organisation |
SE |
| STATE GEOGICAL SURVEY OF LATVIA |
Research Organisation |
LV |
| SOGN OF FJORDANE COLLEGE |
Education |
NO |
| PORT OF GOETEBORG AB |
Industry |
SE |
Coordinator's name: Dr Rodney STEVENS
Address: GOETEBORG UNIVERSITY
guldhedsgatan, 5A
41381 Goeteborg
SE
Tel: +46-31-7732807
Fax: +46-31-7732849
E-mail: stevens@geo.gu.se
European Commission Contact Point
Name: Mr. Per STEFENSON
Tel: +32-2-2967073
Fax: +32 -2-2968350
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