Journal article
Relevance of historical nautical charts in sediment dynamic assessments on a high energy temperate shelf
RC Carvalho, D Kennedy, M Young, C Leach, D Ierodiaconou
Continental Shelf Research | Published : 2021
Abstract
Shipping has been of critical importance for European colonisation and development in many parts of the world. These required the charting of safe shipping approaches, which gradually evolved into our modern nautical charts. Colonial charts provide an unique historical perspective and are of global scientific relevance for understanding the sedimentary dynamics and quantifying human alterations in the coastal zone. In areas where significant changes occurred, volumetric differences can be calculated providing a relative degree of certainty, whereas in broader areas the uncertainties are greater than the volumetric changes. In this study we looked at bathymetric and shoreline change since the..
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Funding Acknowledgements
Research funds for this project, the aerial photographs and the statewide MBES/LiDAR were provided by the Victorian Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) as part of the Victorian Coastal Monitoring Program (VCMP) supported by the Sustainability Fund, Deakin University and the University of Melbourne. We also thank Planet Labs (Planet.com) for the access and use of satellite imagery via their educational and research program. We are also grateful for the comments made by two anonymous reviewers.