(IF N/A; Q3)International audienceSince the middle of the 1960s, the Seine-Maritime coastline, renowned for its high chalk cliffs and pebble beaches, has been subject to relative massive sanding up. Due to economic and environmental interests, the intertidal area plays a major role on this rocky coastline. Understanding its dynamics is a current issue. Although the sandy fraction is a major element in the composition of this intertidal area, it remains poorly studied. The present study proposes a contemporary historical approach of this regional sanding up, based on the use of vertical aerial photographs taken at low tide between 1966 and 2015. The results demonstrate (i) a constant increase in surface of the sandy areas over the entire int...