Reconstruction of the Late Holocene progradation of the Godavari Delta, India: A preliminary study

Chikei

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 295-309

  Kakani, Nageswara Rao ^a   Sadakata, Noboru ^b   Bandaru, Hema Malini ^a   Sarma, V V L N ^a   Takayasu, Katsumi ^c   Kawase, Masatoshi ^d  

^a ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cuspate delta lobe; Godavari delta; Increased sediment supply; Progradation; Sandy beach ridge swale complexes

Indexed keywords

DELTA; HOLOCENE; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; PROGRADATION; SEDIMENTATION;

INDIA;

EID: 0141569083     PISSN: 03891755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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