Slumping on the western continental margin of India

GeoActa

Volumn 1, Issue , 2001, Pages 45-48

  Guptha, Medimi V S ^a   Mohan, Rahul ^b   Muralinath, Allamsetty S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Arabian sea; Continental margin; Holocene; Slumping

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GAS HYDRATE; METHANE; SLUMPING; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE;

INDIA;

EID: 0344287507     PISSN: 17218039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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