Shoreline definition and detection: A review

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 688-703

  Boak, Elizabeth H ^a   Turner, Ian L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coastal accretion erosion; Geographic positioning system; GPS; Image analysis; Remote sensing; Shoreline analysis; Shoreline change; Shoreline mapping

Indexed keywords

COASTAL EVOLUTION; SHORELINE CHANGE;

EID: 23044459199     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/03-0071.1     Document Type: Review

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