Correction to: Scientific Reports https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-15201-2, published online 09 November 2017

This Article contains a typographical error in the title of Table 3.

“A comparison of our study with other studies of black sand beaches22.”

should read:

“A comparison of our study with other studies of black sand beaches17.

In addition, Reference 17 contains a typographical error in the year of publication. The correct Reference 17 appears below as Reference 1.