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Coastal Morphodynamics - Integrated Spatial Modeling on the Deltaic Balasore Coast, India (Paperback, 1st ed. 2016)
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Coastal Morphodynamics - Integrated Spatial Modeling on the Deltaic Balasore Coast, India (Paperback, 1st ed. 2016)
Series: SpringerBriefs in Geography
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This book discusses the perceptions and sketches, geological
background, materials and coastal processes of the East Coast of
India. It also suggests strategies for effectively managing natural
coastal processes in these areas. India has a coastline of about
7,516 km with a variety of coastal extensions, which developed at
different time scales, producing permanent variations in the
morphologies of the coastal areas through hydrodynamic, fluvial,
aeolian and terrestrial processes. The book focuses on the Balasore
coast, an area drained by three main rivers (the Subarnarekha, the
Dugdeugi and the Burahbolong), which impacts the coastal
morphodynamic processes of the area and accounts for their
multifaceted nature. Large drops or increases in the sediment
supply within a short time span or over prolonged periods cause
shoreline shifting. Eight satellite images from 1975, 1980, 1990,
1995, 2000, 2005, 2010 and 2013 were used to measure the shoreline
dynamics, and a reference line was established using first order
polynomial model with base data with 0.5 pixel root mean square
error (RMSE) accuracy. The end point rate (EPR) model was adopted
for estimating the future position of the shoreline. In order to
assess the beach morphodynamics, the coastal modeling system (SMC)
was used, which incorporates with a series of appliances and
numerical models structured consistent with the space and time
scale of the different dynamics affecting the littoral and beach
morphology based on diverse thematic and reference documents. This
study employed short-term analysis using the MOPLA module of the
SMC system, which consists of three attached modules: the wave
transformation module (Oluca), the depth-averaged currents module
(Copla) and the sediment transport and morphological evolution
module (Eros). The shoreline dynamics findings show that the
magnitude of erosion is higher in the northern part of the
coastline in the left bank area of the Subarnarekha river estuary
and in the estuarine part of the Dugdugi and Burahbalang rivers.
The southern part of the shoreline near Rasalpur and Joydevkasba is
relatively stable, and the study suggests that the current
shoreline shift trend will continue in the future. The SMC model
indicates that the wave height, significant wave height, current
velocity and the potential transport of sediment at the Kirtaniya
study point are high, while at Choumukh they are low and at the
Rasalpur study point they are intermediate.
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