Mudbank regime off the Kerala coast during monsoon and non-monsoon seasons

Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 57-68

  Tatavarti, R ^a   Narayana, A C ^b   Manoj Kumar, P ^b   Chand, Shyam ^b  

^a DRDO   (India)

^b Department of Physics   (India)

Author keywords

Currents; Edge waves; Far infragravity waves; Infragravity waves; Kerala coast; Mudbanks; Reflections; Undertow

Indexed keywords

MUD; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; SEASONALITY; SEDIMENTATION;

INDIA; KERALA;

EID: 0032885995     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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