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Evaluating resampled and fused Sentinel-2 data and machine-learning algorithms for mangrove mapping in the northern coast of Qeshm island, Iran [PDF]
Nature Conservation, 2023 Mangrove forests, as an essential component of the coastal zones in tropical and subtropical areas, provide a wide range of goods and ecosystem services that play a vital role in ecology.
Ali Reza Soffianian +5 more
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Sandy shoreline recovery ability after breakwater removal
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023 The removal of coastal structures has emerged as an increasingly considered alternative nature-based solution to sandy coastal erosion due to unsuited structure construction.
Shanhang Chi +5 more
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Comprehensive Study of the Sand Spit Evolution at Tidal Inlets in the Central Coast of Vietnam
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2020 Tidal inlets along the central coast of Vietnam are located in a microtidal, wave-dominated coastal environment. In addition, the Vietnam coast is highly influenced by the seasonal monsoon regime, which is characterized by large northeast waves from ...
Nguyen Quang Duc Anh +5 more
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Monitoring Sand Spit Variability Using Sentinel-2 and Google Earth Engine in a Mediterranean Estuary
Remote Sensing, 2022 Estuarine degradation is a major concern worldwide, and is rapidly increasing due to anthropogenic pressures. The Mediterranean Guadiaro estuary, located in San Roque (Cadiz, Spain), is an example of a highly modified estuary, showing severe negative ...
Mar Roca +3 more
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, 2021 This study can be used to inform decision makers, on how best to reconstruct the Kalutara sand spit, that has disintegrated due to its ad hoc artificial breaching during a period of high river flow, between May and early June of 2017.
Kühn, David Baxter
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Applied Sciences, 2021 Sandy coasts are one of the most dynamic spheres; continuously changing due to natural processes (severe weather and rising water levels) and human activities (coastal protection or port construction).
Dovilė Karlonienė +4 more
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Dynamics of landscapes of the spit Dolgaya
RUDN Journal of Ecology and Life Safety, 2018 This paper is devoted to the analysis of the landscape dynamics of the Dolgaya Spit, Taganrog Bay of the Sea of Azov. The analysis of the dynamics of the lithological composition, topography, soil, vegetation, anthropogenic impact.
Anna Mikhaylovna Aleinikova +1 more
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Curonian Spit Coastal Dunes Landscape: Climate Driven Change Calls for the Management Optimization
Land, 2022 On the Curonian Spit, the leading conservation issue is an opposition between the two contrasting nature-management principles—anthropocentricity and biocentricity.
Rasa Šimanauskienė +6 more
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Shoreline Change around a River Delta on the Cox’s Bazar Coast of Bangladesh
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2018 A recent erosional problem around a river delta on the Cox’s Bazar coast was analyzed in this study. The coastline extends from south to north. Rapid erosion has affected some portions of a 24-km road along the coast, and local authorities have ...
Upal Mahamud, Satoshi Takewaka
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Sand Net Device to Control the Meanders of a Coastal River: The Case of the Authie Estuary (France)
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2021 The Authie estuary is characterized by an important southern sand spit and a northern shoreline subject to strong erosion due to the meandering of the coastal river. In order to reduce this erosion, a new soft coastal defence, namely the sand net device (
Anh T. K. Do +2 more
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