Publication: Evolution of the Beaches in the Regional Park of Salinas and Arenales of San Pedro del Pinatar (Southeast of Spain) (1899–2019)
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Ibarra-Marinas, Daniel ; Belmonte-Serrato, Francisco ; Ballesteros-Pelegrín, Gustavo A. ; García-Marín, Ramón
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MDPI
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https://doi.org/ 10.3390/ijgi10040200
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This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
This document is the published version of a published work that appeared in final form in
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information.
Abstract
Coastal erosion is anissuewhich affects beaches all over the world and that signifies enormous economic and environmental losses. Classed as a slow phenomenon, the evolution of the coastline requires long-term analysis. In this study, old cartography and aerial photographs from various dates have been used to study the evolution of the coastline.The information has been processed with free software (QGIS) and for the calculation of sediment transport the Coastal Modeling System (SMC) software. The results show the accretion/erosion phenomena that occurred after the construction of the port in San Pedro del Pinatarin 1954 and which changed the coastal dynamics of a highly protected area. In some sectors, the beach has been reduced almost in its entirety, with retreat rates of up to −2.05m per year and a total area loss of 66,419.81 m2in Las Salinas beach and 76,891.13 m2 on Barraca Quemada beach.
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ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2021, 10, 200
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