The shoreline transmutation and reorientation of beach gradients resulting in inland exuviation of coastal landscape is an important research topic of coastal geomorphology. This chapter investigates such phenomena in the East Medinipur coastal plain by applying remote sensing-GIS techniques. Five cross-sections over a horizontal distance of 6 km from the West Bengal–Orissa border to Digha Mohona (confluence) were examined at a suitable time interval. Time series analysis revealed that the areas accreted earlier are now facing erosion and the erosion-affected areas turned depositional. Further, there is a gradual change in beach gradient and also lowering of beaches. Exuviation around 16% of the total geographical area both in 2005 and 2010 indicates that the rate of exuviation remained the same in the 5-year period, although the spatial distribution of exuviated area has altered. Changes in beach configuration have also impacted the coastal subterranean fresh water regime, which in turn aggravated beach-lowering hazards. The study recommends such analysis on a longer time scale and covering a wider area to decipher beach dynamics and gain a deep understanding of the coastal environment.

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Transmitting Shorelines with Reoriented Beach Gradients Sequels Exuviation on the East Medinipur Coast, West Bengal, India

  • Arindam Chattopadhyay,
  • Arindam Chowdhury,
  • Sunil Kumar De

摘要

The shoreline transmutation and reorientation of beach gradients resulting in inland exuviation of coastal landscape is an important research topic of coastal geomorphology. This chapter investigates such phenomena in the East Medinipur coastal plain by applying remote sensing-GIS techniques. Five cross-sections over a horizontal distance of 6 km from the West Bengal–Orissa border to Digha Mohona (confluence) were examined at a suitable time interval. Time series analysis revealed that the areas accreted earlier are now facing erosion and the erosion-affected areas turned depositional. Further, there is a gradual change in beach gradient and also lowering of beaches. Exuviation around 16% of the total geographical area both in 2005 and 2010 indicates that the rate of exuviation remained the same in the 5-year period, although the spatial distribution of exuviated area has altered. Changes in beach configuration have also impacted the coastal subterranean fresh water regime, which in turn aggravated beach-lowering hazards. The study recommends such analysis on a longer time scale and covering a wider area to decipher beach dynamics and gain a deep understanding of the coastal environment.