Radiocarbon dating and Holocene episodes of alluvial sedimentation in the Koratallaiyar-Cooum river Basin, Chennai, South India

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 461-469

  Nagalakshmi, T ^a   Achyuthan, H ^a  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Alluvial sections; Net sedimentation; Palaeo levees; Radiocarbon dates; Winter monsoon climate

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; LEVEE; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOFLOOD; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEDIMENTATION;

ASIA; CHENNAI; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU; WORLD;

EID: 10244264680     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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