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Long-and short-term variations in shore morphology of Van Island in gulf of Mannar using remote sensing images and DSAS analysis

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Trends of shoreline changes need a scientific study as erosion affects the coastal ecosystem and environment. This study focuses on the trends of shoreline changes along the Van Island, Gulf of Mannar, during the period from 2000 to 2016 using the Digital Shoreline Analysis System model of a tool in Arc Map. Shorelines were extracted from the Landsat OLI and ETM+ satellite data from the years 2000, 2005, 2010 and 2015 and short-term changes obtained by TSS with the help of GPS. The rates of changes were calculated by the standard method of end point rate based on 157 transects lines and baseline. The average value of EPR observed was −5.03 m/year during the study period. Statistics of EPR further calculated the average long-time intervals during the period of 15 years and also short-term changes. It is noted that the study area of Van Island’s degradation is very rapid. The analysis shows that the surveyed years from 2015 to 2016 record the highest erosion and retreat of shoreline changes in December 2014 to May2015 than in May2015 to December 2015. Based on the predicted EPR value of −125 m/year of erosion in the next 25 years, it is concluded that the Van Island will vanish.

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Acknowledgment

The authors are thankful to the Annamalai University for permitting us to work on this topic and Department of Forest, Government of Tamil Nadu for giving permission to conduct field work and to all well-wishers for their constant support and suggestion throughout the period of study.

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  1. Department of Earth Sciences, Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu, India

    T. Immanuvel David, M. V. Mukesh & S. Kumaravel

  2. Department of Geology, Government College, Kariavattom, Thiruvananthapuram, India

    H. M. Sabeen

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Immanuvel David, T., Mukesh, M.V., Kumaravel, S. et al. Long-and short-term variations in shore morphology of Van Island in gulf of Mannar using remote sensing images and DSAS analysis. Arab J Geosci 9, 756 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-016-2772-4

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