EUMARSAND: RESEARCH TRAINING NETWORK (Funded by the European Commission)

The strategic objective of the project EUMARSAND is to investigate and train to a high level young researchers in the complex issues associated with the marine aggregate exploitation. These issues are addressed through the application of a wide range of scientific approaches (geological, sedimentological, physical, ecological and engineering -based). The integration of these approaches will improve significantly both resource management and our knowledge on the impacts of aggregate extraction, on the state and dynamics of the inner shelf and coastal environments.

Duration: 1 November 2002 - 31 January 2006

Biological impacts (AZTI (co-ordinator), San Sebastian, Spain)

Sediment dynamics (University of Southampton, U.K.)

Resource prospecting (Gent University, Belgium)

Exploration and policy (University of the Aegean, Greece)

Coastal sedimentary environments (University of Athens, Greece)

Integrated Coastal Zone Management-GIS (Maritime Institute in Gdansk, Poland)

Coastal morphodynamics (Université du Littoral Côte d’Opale, Dunkerque, France)

Morphodynamic modelling (University of Twente, The Netherlands)

Coastal geology/evolution (University of Kiel, Germany)

Fieldwork will be undertaken in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea. The Kwintebank is selected as the field investigation site in the North Sea, while the areas Tromper Wiek and Wustrow will be examined in the Baltic Sea.