Monitoring of the shoreline change using remote sensing and GIS: A case study of Al Hawasnah tidal inlet, Al Batinah coast, Sultanate of Oman

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1479-1484

  Al Hatrushi, Salim M ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Coastal change detection; Coastal erosion; Coastal geomorphology; Tidal inlets; Wadi outlet

Indexed keywords

BEACH PROFILE; COASTAL ENGINEERING; COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; GIS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SHORELINE CHANGE; TIDAL INLET;

AL BATINAH; OMAN;

EID: 84877148037     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-011-0424-2     Document Type: Article

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