Discussion of “Consequences of dike breaches and dike overflow in a bifurcating river system” by Anouk Bomers,Ralph M. J. Schielen and Suzanne J. M. H. Hulscher

In this discussion, the authors will point out that even if Bomers et al. (Nat Hazards 97:309–334, 2019) tackle an important problem, ignoring the uncertainties related to the roughness coefficients, Manning coefficients, the downstream boundary and most importantly the errors of the chosen software, HEC-RAS, are serious shortcomings of their study.

     

Syntectonic growth of garnets: Discussion of a new model proposed by M. J. de Wit

Textural and compositional zoning observed in paracrystalline rotated garnets, as well as the euhedral shape of some of these crystals, show that each of them has originated from a single nucleus and acted as a rigid body during subsequent growth and rotation. The alternative multiple nucleus model of de Wit (1976) is thus considered inapplicable as a general model. It is argued that even for the specific cases described by de Wit the classic single nucleus model could be applied.