Coastal processes along the shorefront of Chilka Lake, east coast of India

Abstract

Chilka Lake (Orissa, India) inlet mouth is exposed to high annual littoral drift of about 1 x 10 super(6) m super(3). The inlet mouth was observed to migrate about 500 m northward during the period of one year study. Measurement on daily longshore currents indicated that the predominant longshore sediment transport across the mouth is towards north throughout the year