Coastal erosion assessment along the Southern Tamilnadu Coast, India

International Journal of Earth Sciences and Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 352-357

  Cherian, Anil ^a   Chandrasekar, N ^b   Gujar, A R ^c   Rajamanickam, G Victor ^d  

^a Strainstall Middle East   (United Arab Emirates)

^b MANONMANIAM SUNDARANAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^d SASTRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic; Coastal erosion; Natural; Risk assessment; Tamilnadu

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC; CLIMATIC ANOMALIES; COASTAL EROSION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; HARBOR DEVELOPMENT; HIGH-RISK CATEGORIES; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NATURAL; OVEREXPLOITATION; POPULATION GROWTH; SEA-LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS; STUDY AREAS; TAMILNADU; TOURISM ACTIVITIES;

COASTAL ZONES; POPULATION STATISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EROSION;

COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL ZONE; EROSION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEA LEVEL; SHORELINE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

INDIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 84859990929     PISSN: 09745904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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