Rapid erosion of the coast of Sagar island, West Bengal - India

Environmental Geology

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1058-1067

  Gopinath, Girish ^a   Seralathan, P ^a  

^a Department of Physics   (India)

Author keywords

Coastal erosion; Coastal landforms; India; Sagar island; Satellite data; Shoreline change

Indexed keywords

EROSION; LANDFORMS; SAND; STORMS; TIDES;

COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL LANDFORMS; INDIA; SAGAR ISLAND; SHORELINE CHANGE;

COASTAL ZONES;

COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; SHORELINE CHANGE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WEST BENGAL; WORLD;

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 28344444529     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-005-0044-9     Document Type: Article

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