Does subterranean flow initiate mud banks off the southwest coast of India?

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 589-598

  Balachandran, K K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

Author keywords; Lime shell bed; Mud banks; Southwest coast of India; Subterranean flow; Thixotrophy; Trending faults; Vembanad Lake

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATER; FRESHWATER INPUT; MUDBANK;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (SOUTHWEST);

EID: 1642385393     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2003.11.004     Document Type: Article

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