Distribution of organic matter and calcium carbonate in the shelf sediments off Penner river, East Coast of India

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 699-703

  Seetharamaiah, J ^a   Swamy, A S R ^a  

^a ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Andhra Pradesh; Calcium Carbonate; East Coast; Penner river; Sedimentology

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM CARBONATES; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DISTRIBUTION; ORGANIC MATTER; RIVERINE DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SHELF SEDIMENTATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

INDIA, ANDHRA PRADESH, PENNER RIVER;

EID: 0030832707     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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