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Volume 18, Numéro 4, Pages 8-18
2025-12-30

Change Detection Of Al Seefa Coastal Zone- Sultanate Of Oman

Authors : Dr Youssef Sherief .

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Al Seefa is a coastal area, eastern Muscat - Sultanate of Oman. The area is characterized by narrow sandy beaches formed over thousand years due to the deposits of short valleys flowing into Oman Sea. The study area is considered an important tourist area, but its coast is currently being relegated to erosion. Remote sensing and Fieldwork investigations revealed severe erosion taking place shoreline and the side parallel to the tarred road northern the study area. This study aimed to identify the coastline change during the last 25 years using TM, QuickBird and DEM images. The methodology depends mostly change detection tool using remote sensing (RS) to determine the change of the coastline in Al- Seefa area and spatial analysis tools to analyze and calculate the changes using Geographical information systems (GIS). The results showed 14 meters of shoreline retreat and recorded 50-meter retreat in another area northern in the study area. It could be said that coastal erosion in the Al Seefa area related to the action and direction of waves, kind, and thick of deposits, surface slopes, and human activities furthermore sea level rise. However, the study recommends to make protection for the northern sector of shoreline and protect all shorelines of the Al Seefa area from an expected sea level rise in the future. Key Words: Remote Sensing; Coastline; change detection; Shore retreats; Costal Erosion.

Keywords

Remote Sensing ; Coastline ; change detection ; Shore retreats ; Costal Erosion