1Department of Oceanography, Coastal Area Studies, Alagappa University, Karaikudi.
2Department of Geology, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli.
3Department of Marine Science, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli.
4Department of Civil EngineeringRTC Ganthigram University, pandian, ocean@gmail.com.
The present study area is the Coleroon river estuaryto Cuddalore is located onthe eastern part of the Cuddalore district of Tamilnadu. It is bound between the latitudes E 79°30'00” and E 80°00'00” and Longitudes N 11 °45'00” and N 79 015’00” It is discuss the use of Remote Sensing data for coastal Geomorphological studies. Briefly describe the results or the study or the Geomorphology of the study area cuddalore Coast of Tamilnadu, using aerial photographs and LANDSAT images. Recording of various coastal and near shore geomorphological features and grouping them in different units. Development of offshore bars, beach ridges, spits, beach, sand dunes, tidal flats etc.Origin and development of cliffs, wavecut platforms and coastal platea.iv. Working out lithological and structural influence on the. Geomorphology of the area. On the basis of tone, texture, size shape, drainage pattern and associations, various geomorphic features like beach, beachridges, sand dune, marine terraces, swales etc are identified fromaerial photographs in the scale 1:50000. Using the data acquired from the primary source of aerial photos, to understand the geomorphic features of east coast of Cuddalore region. Rivers are under tidal influence for most of their length towards the coast. The rivers run mostly straight withsharp bends and meandering are a rare phenomenon. The area is mostly characterized by the dendritic type of drainage pattern Remote sensing data enlargely helps us to determine the Geomorphology of the study area.
