Surficial clay mineral distribution on the southwestern continental margin of India: Evidence of input from the Bay of Bengal

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 321-333

  Chauhan, Onkar S ^a   Gujar, A R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM OXIDE; ALUMINUM SILICATE; ATTAPULGITE; MINERAL; SILICON DIOXIDE; WATER;

CHLORITE; CLAY MINERALS; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL MARGINS; ILLITE; KAOLINITE; PROVENANCE; SMECTITE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFICIAL DISTRIBUTION; TERRIGENOUS SEDIMENTS;

CLAY; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; SEDIMENT;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN, SOUTHWEST INDIAN MARGIN;

EID: 0029730050     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0278-4343(95)00015-S     Document Type: Article

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