TY  - JOUR
T1  - The Shoreline Changes in Syria Using Geographical Information System (GIS)
AU - Sebat, Mirna AU - Salloum, Juliet AU - Mohamad, Bahjat 
JO  - Online Journal of Earth Sciences
VL  - 12
IS  - 1
SP  - 1
EP  - 7
PY  - 2018
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1991-7708
DO  - ojesci.2018.1.7
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ojesci.2018.1.7
KW  - Shoreline
KW  -retreat
KW  -advance
KW  -sedimentation
KW  -erosion
KW  -GIS
KW  -DSAS
KW  -EPR
AB  - Coastal erosion is of growing concern around the world when the shoreline moves landward, coastal
erosion becomes a serious problem and the rate of change has to be calculated. To rotinom shoreline changes
this study has been used Digital Shoreline Analysis System (DSAS) which is an extension for Arc GIS 10.3
Software developed by USUG. The GIS analysis for the period (1958-2010) shows that shoreline was generally
retreating in the most of its parts reaching its highest point in the Al Kabir-Al Shamali River estuary. A total
of transects built in the Al Kabir-Al Shamali River estuary have values less than zero (i.e., retreat shows the
highest retreating rate almost 90 m) and outside of the error margin (±10 m) while the transect lines which have
positive values higher than zero (i.e., advance shows of the highest degree in the Al-Faid land region). The
value of EPR (+1.81) shows the advanced shoreline and the transects are shown in gradients close to the red
to indicate sedimentation.
ER  -