@article{8c2e0afa9bc647548b0026bd55c4ef9c,
title = "Barrier spit recovery following the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami at Pakarang Cape, southwest Thailand",
abstract = "The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami had notable impacts on coastal landforms. Temporal change in topography by coastal erosion and subsequent formation of a new barrier spit on the nearshore of Pakrang Cape, southeastern Thailand, had been monitored for 10 years since 2005 based on field measurement using satellite images, high-resolution differential GPS, and/or handy GPS. Monitored topography data show that a barrier island was formed offshore from the cape several months after the tsunami event through progradation of multiple elongated gravelly beach ridges and washover fan composed of coral gravels. Subsequently, the barrier spit expanded to the open sea. The progradation and expansion were supported by supply of a large amount of coral debris produced by the tsunami waves. These observations provide useful data to elucidate processes of change in coastal landforms after a tsunami event. The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami played an important role in barrier spit evolution over a period of at least a decade.",
keywords = "Beach ridge, GPS, Microlandform, Recovery, Washover fan",
author = "Naoto Koiwa and Mio Takahashi and Shuhei Sugisawa and Akifumi Ito and Matsumoto, {Hide aki} and Charlchai Tanavud and Kazuhisa Goto",
note = "Funding Information: We would like to thank Prof. Imamura of Tohoku University and Prof. Ohtaka of Hirosaki University for useful suggestions. We would also like to express our gratitude to three reviewers and Dr. Furuichi of guest editor, for their insightful comments and suggestions. We appreciate the support of colleagues who joined the field survey at Pakarang Cape. This study was supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (F. Imamura: no. 18201033 , N. Koiwa: no. 25350419 ). Funding Information: We would like to thank Prof. Imamura of Tohoku University and Prof. Ohtaka of Hirosaki University for useful suggestions. We would also like to express our gratitude to three reviewers and Dr. Furuichi of guest editor, for their insightful comments and suggestions. We appreciate the support of colleagues who joined the field survey at Pakarang Cape. This study was supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (F. Imamura: no. 18201033, N. Koiwa: no. 25350419). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2017 Elsevier B.V.",
year = "2018",
month = apr,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1016/j.geomorph.2017.05.003",
language = "English",
volume = "306",
pages = "314--324",
journal = "Geomorphology",
issn = "0169-555X",
publisher = "Elsevier",
}