Journal of Coastal Zone Management

Krishnaprasad PA

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• Research Article
  Evolution of Diverging Spits Across the Tropical River Mouths, Central West Coast of India
  Author(s): Hegde VS, Nayak SR, Krishnaprasad PA, Rajawat AS, Shalini R and Jayakumar SHegde VS, Nayak SR, Krishnaprasad PA, Rajawat AS, Shalini R and Jayakumar S
  
  The evolution of a diverging spit-one growing northward and another southward across the Baindur and Yadamavina River mouths along the Central west coast of India is examined using remote sensing data, seasonal variations in the foreshore profiles, textural characteristics of the foreshore sediments, and wave-current patterns. Remote sensing data indicated lengthening of the southern spit across the Yedamavina River by 168 m between the period 1973 and 1989, while the northern spit across the Baindur River showed relative stability. Finer sediments were observed towards the ends of the spit in both northern and southern spits. Waves approach from the west between March and May, generating wave divergence and convergence cause sediment movement on either side. The alongshore current is northward from October to November and southward from December to February. This reversal in the dire.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2473-3350.1000402

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