GIS, MULTI-DATE AND MULTI-SOURCE DATA FOR DETERMINING SHORELINE CHANGES: A CASE FOR GAUTAMI GODAVARI DELTA, EAST COAST OF INDIA

• Main Authors: de Solan, B., Muthusankar, Gowrappan, Lo Seen, D., Thierry, B., V. Raman, A., Satyanarayana, B.
• Other Authors: Institut Français de Pondichéry (IFP), Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères (MEAE)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Space Applications Centre, Ahmedabad
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2001
• Subjects: [SDE]Environmental Sciences; Hope Island; Hope island
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-04103404; https://hal.science/hal-04103404/document; https://hal.science/hal-04103404/file/Full_paperMuthusankar_shoreline%20changes.PDF

International audience Accretion and erosion processes in the Godavari delta south of Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh are intense as viewed from changes in the shoreline itself. This was particularly visible in the formation and growth of a 17 km long, narrow sand spit that separates Kakinada Bay from th...