Mud accumulation in estuarine channels ‐ a question of dredging?

Abstract

For two coastal plain estuaries, the Elbe and the Weser, hydrographic data and 170 years old and recent depth maps are used to test the hypothesis that overdeepening by dredging causes mud trapping in the estuarine channel. As a result, this hypothesis seems to give the safest interpretation for this kind of mud shoaling, although evidence is not absolute.