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Sand spit and shoreline dynamics near Terekhol River mouth, Goa, India

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Title Sand spit and shoreline dynamics near Terekhol River mouth, Goa, India
 
Creator Rajasekaran, C
Kumar, Seelam Jaya
Gowthaman, R
Jishad, M
Yadhunath, E M
Pednekar, P S
 
Subject Shoreline
Sand spit
Beach profile
Sediment
 
Description 1311-1315
Evolution of shoreline and sand spit at the mouth of the Terekhol River,
near Keri beach, located in the Indian state of Goa
has been investigated. From the analysis of the data collected, the shoreline
oscillation (accretion & erosion) is seasonal up to 2010. A sand spit of 2 m
height has been stabilized in 2012 during monsoon in the southern bank of the
river which obstructs the natural flow of the river and also hindrance to the
ferry transport system. This leads to the unbalanced scenario between the
sediment discharge from the river and the littoral transport. Around 2 km
stretch of shoreline is under severe erosion in which a stretch of 500 m of sea
wall is completely damaged.  Sand spit present
in the northern part of the shoreline plays a vital role in the shoreline
oscillation. Tetrapods were placed recently to protect the eroding
part of the coast. Due to the unbalanced littoral movement, the erosion is
still persisting and started damaging the new tetrapod protective measure.
 
Date 2016-06-27T04:12:53Z
2016-06-27T04:12:53Z
2014-07
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print)
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/34445
 
Language en_US
 
Rights CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJMS Vol.43(7) [July 2014]