Abstract
The characteristics of spatio-temporal variation of the shoreline location and alongshore variability on the Uchinada Coast, Ishikawa, Japan, have been investigated based on the synthetic examination using a set of aerial photographs between 1947 and 2003, annual field surveys collected from 1998 to 2010, and weekly GNSS field observation conducted over 3 months. The shoreline advanced significantly from 1947 to 1998 in the 1.5km alongshore stretch from the Kanazawa Port. The shoreline location became relatively stable in the recent decades except for the immediate neighborhood of the port. The formation of large cusps is recognized on both of the aerial photograph and GNSS field surveys. Recently, a decreasing trend is observed in the amplitude of the large cusps.
