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Impacts on sediment transport of proposed expansion of the Port of Tauranga shipping channels and wharves Technical Report

Author
Mullarney, J.C.; De Lange, W.
Year
2019
Journal / Source
ERI report
Publisher / Organisation
The University of Waikato
Number
125
Pages
11
Summary
We report results of an examination of the effects of proposed dredge-channel and wharf extensions in the Port of Tauranga (Figure 1). In previous work, we undertook a calibration and validation of a hydrodynamic model for Tauranga Harbour. The work used the hydrodynamic package Delft3D in depth-averaged mode (see Mullarney and de Lange, 2018, for details). The effects of the proposed developments on the hydrodynamics within the Harbour were examined and compared to flows with present-day bathymetry and wharf configurations.