Palaeomonsoon history during the late Quaternary: Results of a pilot study on sediments from the Laccadive Trough, southeastern Arabian Sea

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 401-406

  Naidu, A Sathy ^a   Shankar, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b MANGALORE UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Arabian Sea; Carbonate free sediments; Laccadive Trough; Marine geology; Palaeomonsoon; Quaternary

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; SEA;

MARINE SEDIMENT; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY;

ARABIAN SEA;

EID: 0032874201     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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