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OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT
Volume 69, Issue -, Pages 133-142Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2012.07.027
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- PNNCRSB (Parque Nacional Natural Corales del Rosario y San Bernardo)
- CIOH (Centro de Investigaciones Oceanograficas e Hidrograficas)
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Aerial photography and satellite imagery analysis (1954-2007) have enabled the assessment of the changes in the net insular zones and the morphological adjustment processes of the Rosario Island Archipelago over last 50-55 years (Grande Island, Rosario Island, and Tesoro Island). Significant erosion was observed (>3% of the initial area) as a result of the morphodynamic imbalance of the insular system. The Grande, Rosario, and Tesoro Islands have lost 6.7%, 8.2%, and 48.7% of their territory, respectively. Data indicate an inverse relationship between the size of the island and the magnitude of the erosion. Erosive processes were detected along similar to 85% of coastline exposed directly to NNE-NE waves. The erosive activity on the archipelago has been constant for the last 50 years as consequence of continual wave action and rising sea levels. However, anthropogenic intervention has caused significant changes to the geomorphologic setting of the coast, which creates different morphologic outputs for the erosive processes. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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