The spatial differentiation of land use changes of Tuticorin is studied using high resolution LISS III satellite imagery and Maximum Likelihood algorithms. The classification accuracy of 95.2% was obtained. In this st...The spatial differentiation of land use changes of Tuticorin is studied using high resolution LISS III satellite imagery and Maximum Likelihood algorithms. The classification accuracy of 95.2% was obtained. In this study,the land use of Tuticorin is classified as settlement,salt pan,agricultural land,wasteland,water bodies and shrubs. The settlement area is increased to 4.6 km2 during the year 2001 and 2006. The settlement area change is mainly driven by growth of industries and migration of people from peripheral villages. Shrub is increased to 3.63 km2 in the six year period. Water logging due to growth of shrubs in Tuticorin leads to several environmental and health hazard. This study warrants proper urban planning for Tuticorin for sustainable use of resource and environment.展开更多
Investigation of a beach and its wave condi-tions is highly requisite for understanding the physicalprocesses in a coast. This study composes spatial andtemporal correlation between beach and nearshore pro-cesses alon...Investigation of a beach and its wave condi-tions is highly requisite for understanding the physicalprocesses in a coast. This study composes spatial andtemporal correlation between beach and nearshore pro-cesses along the extensive sandy beach of Nagapattinamcoast, southeast peninsular India. The data collectionincludes beach profile, wave data, and intertidal sedimentsamples for 2 years from January 2011 to January 2013.The field data revealed significant variability in beach andwave morphology during the northeast （NE） and southwest（SW） monsoon. However, the beach has been stabilized bythe reworking of sediment distribution during the calmperiod. The changes in grain sorting and longshoresediment transport serve as a clear evidence of thesediment migration that persevered between foreshoreand nearshore regions. The Empirical Orthogonal Function（EOF） analysis and Canonical Correlation Analysis （CCA）were utilized to investigate the spatial and temporallinkages between beach and nearshore criterions. Theoutcome of the multivariate analysis unveiled that theseasonal variations in the wave climate tends to influencethe bar - berm sediment transition that is discerned in thecoast.展开更多
Sediment samples were collected from 12 beaches affected by the 2004 Asian Tsunami in the south-east coast of India between Vanagiri and Nagoor. The objective of the present study is to delineate the microbial diversi...Sediment samples were collected from 12 beaches affected by the 2004 Asian Tsunami in the south-east coast of India between Vanagiri and Nagoor. The objective of the present study is to delineate the microbial diversity in pre- and post-tsunami disaster coastal sediments. The collected marine sediments indicate that the overall microbial diversity is higher in the pre-tsunami sediments. The increase in pathogenic bacteria and fungal species after the tsunami is obscured due to inundation and backwashing of seawater along the coast. The reduction of other microbial diversity after the tsunami is attributed that the coastal and shelf sediments play an important role in the demineralization of organic matter, which supports the growth of microbes. The continuous exchange of ocean water and backwashing of coastal sediments by the tsunami wave probably reduced the pathogenic bacterial diversity in the sediments.展开更多
文摘The spatial differentiation of land use changes of Tuticorin is studied using high resolution LISS III satellite imagery and Maximum Likelihood algorithms. The classification accuracy of 95.2% was obtained. In this study,the land use of Tuticorin is classified as settlement,salt pan,agricultural land,wasteland,water bodies and shrubs. The settlement area is increased to 4.6 km2 during the year 2001 and 2006. The settlement area change is mainly driven by growth of industries and migration of people from peripheral villages. Shrub is increased to 3.63 km2 in the six year period. Water logging due to growth of shrubs in Tuticorin leads to several environmental and health hazard. This study warrants proper urban planning for Tuticorin for sustainable use of resource and environment.
文摘Investigation of a beach and its wave condi-tions is highly requisite for understanding the physicalprocesses in a coast. This study composes spatial andtemporal correlation between beach and nearshore pro-cesses along the extensive sandy beach of Nagapattinamcoast, southeast peninsular India. The data collectionincludes beach profile, wave data, and intertidal sedimentsamples for 2 years from January 2011 to January 2013.The field data revealed significant variability in beach andwave morphology during the northeast （NE） and southwest（SW） monsoon. However, the beach has been stabilized bythe reworking of sediment distribution during the calmperiod. The changes in grain sorting and longshoresediment transport serve as a clear evidence of thesediment migration that persevered between foreshoreand nearshore regions. The Empirical Orthogonal Function（EOF） analysis and Canonical Correlation Analysis （CCA）were utilized to investigate the spatial and temporallinkages between beach and nearshore criterions. Theoutcome of the multivariate analysis unveiled that theseasonal variations in the wave climate tends to influencethe bar - berm sediment transition that is discerned in thecoast.
文摘Sediment samples were collected from 12 beaches affected by the 2004 Asian Tsunami in the south-east coast of India between Vanagiri and Nagoor. The objective of the present study is to delineate the microbial diversity in pre- and post-tsunami disaster coastal sediments. The collected marine sediments indicate that the overall microbial diversity is higher in the pre-tsunami sediments. The increase in pathogenic bacteria and fungal species after the tsunami is obscured due to inundation and backwashing of seawater along the coast. The reduction of other microbial diversity after the tsunami is attributed that the coastal and shelf sediments play an important role in the demineralization of organic matter, which supports the growth of microbes. The continuous exchange of ocean water and backwashing of coastal sediments by the tsunami wave probably reduced the pathogenic bacterial diversity in the sediments.
