Significance of relic carbonate deposits along the central and southwestern margin of India for late Quaternary environmental and sea level changes

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 159, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 95-111

  Rao, V Purnachandra ^a   Montaggioni, L ^b   Vora, K H ^a   Almeida, F ^a   Rao, K M ^c   Rajagopalan, G ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c NIO Regional Centre   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

Author keywords

Continental shelf; Deglaciation; Nodules; Relic reefs; Sea level; Succession

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CORAL REEF; DEGLACIATION; GLACIOEUSTACY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; QUATERNARY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

(SOUTHWEST); INDIA;

ANTHOZOA; GYPSINA; LITHOTHAMNIUM; PORITES;

EID: 0038347171     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(03)00097-6     Document Type: Article

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