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Sediment dynamics at Puri and Konark beaches, along northeast coast of India

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Title Sediment dynamics at Puri and Konark beaches, along northeast coast of India
 
Creator Chauhan, Onkar S
 
Description 201-206
The influence of annual and long term variations in the prevalent environmental conditions along the coast of Orissa between 1978-1985 (beach profile measurement between 1979-1982) has been evaluated. The results suggest that during December-February, southerly drift nourishes the beaches, and during May-September. waves with high energy density, unfavorable wave steepness and littoral currents from southwest induce erosion. Between 1979-82, the Konark coast had an accretionary tendency owing to the favorable location of the area with respect to a fluvial source. The Puri coast however, had an erosional tendency. About 5.37 m3.m-1y-1 sediments were eroded between 1979-82 from this portion of the coast. This is in addition to the erosion induced by a moderate cyclone/depression, which on an average eroded about 70 m3.m-1 sediments per cyclone.
 
Date 2016-12-02T09:06:58Z
2016-12-02T09:06:58Z
1992-09
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print)
http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/38095
 
Language en_US
 
Rights CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJMS Vol.21(3) [September 1992]