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Decadal changes in shoreline patterns in Sundarbans, India

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Title Decadal changes in shoreline patterns in Sundarbans, India
 
Creator Chatterjee, N.
Mukhopadhyay, R.
Mitra, D.
 
Subject OCEANOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY
GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS
OCEANOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY
OCEANOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY
AQUATIC POLLUTION
 
Description Sundarbans is one of the most populated and largest deltas in the world and is located at the mouth of three major rivers- Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna that empty into the Bay of Bengal along the east coast of India. The landforms of Sundarbans are changing shape rapidly following impact of several forcing parameters, both natural (atmospheric, physical, chemical and geological) and anthropogenic (pollution, tourism, deforestation). We submit here an assessment of changes in shoreline pattern of 14 islands in Indian Sundarbans (ISD) since 1979. Using multi temporal satellite images of LANDSAT, we found that as many as four islands within ISD have lost area in excess of 30%. While the area loss for another three islands has been between 10 and 30%, five islands show minor loss of area (
 
Date 2015-11-02T08:42:01Z
2015-11-02T08:42:01Z
2015
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Jounal of coastal sciences, vol.2(2); 2015; 54-64
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/4847
 
Language en
 
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Publisher Jounal of coastal sciences