Echo characters of the continental margin, western Bay of Bengal, India

Marine Geology

Volumn 140, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 201-217

  Reddy, D Rajasekhar ^a,b   Rao, T Sreenivasa ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

^b ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Continental margin; Echo character; Sedimentary processes; Western Bay of Bengal

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DELTA; ECHOSOUNDING; MARINE SEDIMENT; MASS WASTING;

BAY OF BENGAL;

EID: 0030787962     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(97)00016-9     Document Type: Article

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