GIS-Based Analysis and Modeling of Coastline Advance and Retreat Along the Coast of Guyana

Marine Geodesy

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-15

  Ahmad, Sajid Rashid ^a   Lakhan, V Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

coastal advance and retreat; digital shoreline analysis system; Geographical information systems; mudbanks; remote sensing

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GIS; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MAPPING; MUDBANK; NUMERICAL MODEL; SHORELINE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 84859177262     PISSN: 01490419     EISSN: 1521060X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490419.2011.637851     Document Type: Article

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