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Shoreline change analysis along the coast between Kanyakumari and Tuticorin of India using remote sensing and GIS

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Shoreline is one of the rapidly changing landform in coastal area. So, accurate detection and frequent monitoring of shorelines are very essential to understand the coastal processes and dynamics of various coastal features. The present study is to investigate the shoreline changes along the coast between Kanyakumari and Tuticorin of south India, where hydrodynamic and morphologic changes occur continuously after the December 2004 tsunami. Multi-date satellite data of Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) satellites (1999, 2000, 2003, 2005, and 2006) are used to extract the shorelines. The satellite data is processed by using the ERDAS IMAGINE 9.1 software and analyzed by ArcGIS 9.2 workstation. The different shoreline change maps are developed and the changes are analyzed with the shoreline obtained from the Survey of India Toposheets (1969). The present study indicates that accretion was predominant along the study area during the period 1969–1999. But recently (from 1999 onwards), most of the coastal areas have experienced erosion. The study also indicates the reversal of shoreline modifications in some coastal zones. The coastal areas along the headlands have experienced both erosion and accretion. Though the coastal erosion is due to both natural and anthropogenic activities, the coastal zones where sand is mined have more impacts and relatively more rate of erosion than that of other zones. Improper and in-sustainable sand mining leads to severe erosion problem along this area. So the concept of sustainable management should be interpreted in the management of the near-shore coastal sand mining industry.

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The authors are thankful to Dr. Bhoop Singh, Director, NRDMS, Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi for his kind help in completing the wok. The authors are also thankful to the Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi for providing the financial assistance under NRDMS Scheme (ES/11/546/2000 and ES/11/936(5)/05).

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  2. Center for Geo-Technology, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India

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Mujabar, P.S., Chandrasekar, N. Shoreline change analysis along the coast between Kanyakumari and Tuticorin of India using remote sensing and GIS. Arab J Geosci 6, 647–664 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-011-0394-4

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