Re: Modelling of tidal flats
I am not too familiar on literature about this subject. Why not start of with Google earth. Zoom into the Wadden Zee in Holland or other tide dominated areas. Or these other sites grabbed from wiki:
Selected example areas:
Arcachon Bay, France
Banc d'Arguin, Mauritania
Great Rann of Kutch, India
Belhaven, East Lothian Scotland, United Kingdom
Bridgwater Bay and Morecambe Bay, United Kingdom
Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts, United States
Cook Inlet, Alaska, United States
Koojosee Inlet, Nunavut, Canada
Lindisfarne Island, England, United Kingdom
Minas Basin, Nova Scotia, Canada
Padilla Bay, Washington, United States
Plymouth Bay, Massachusetts, United States
Port of Tacoma, Washington
Skagit Bay, Washington
Snettisham Norfolk England, United Kingdom
Wadden Sea: Netherlands, Germany, Denmark
West coast of Andros Island, Bahamas
Yellow Sea, China, Korea
but for books, no, sorry can't help you there.