1Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Prist University, Trichy-Thanjavur Highway, Vallam, Thanjavur, India
2Post Graduate Student, Department of Civil Engineering, Prist University, Thanjavur Highway, Vallam, Thanjavur, India
Online published on 8 November, 2017.
The main objective of this study is to bring out beach front geomorphological landforms from Mandabam to Kanyakumari using GIS and field data. The study region classified into depositional, erosional and Fluvio-Marine Landforms. The depositional components like, beach ridges, swales, spit, sand dunes. The erosional elements like wave-cut Platform, marine Terrace and fluvio marine lanforms like deltaic plain, flood plain noticed from the investigation, it has been found that the satellite information is exceptionally helpful and successful for getting the aftereffects of fleeting changes. The present study highlighted the strength of GIS in mapping of coastal landforms.
Beach, GIS, Swales, marine terrace
