Coastal erosion around Pondicherry and Ennore along the east coast of India

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 519-525

  Anbarasu, K ^a   Rajamanickam, G V ^b  

^a NATIONAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b TAMIL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Coastal erosion; Ennore; Neotectonics; Pondicherry; Tamil Nadu

Indexed keywords

COASTAL EROSION; NEOTECTONICS; QUATERNARY; SUBSIDENCE; WAVE ACTION;

INDIA;

EID: 0036876651     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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