Depositional environment inferred from grain size parameters of the beach sediments between False Devi Point to Kottapatnam, Andhra Pradesh Coast

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 317-324

  Nageswara Rao, P V ^a   Suryam, R K ^a   Ranga Rao, V ^a  

^a ACHARYA NAGARJUNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Andhra Pradesh coast; Depositional environments; Grain size parameters; Sedimentology

Indexed keywords

BEACH; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GRAIN SIZE; SEDIMENT;

ANDHRA PRADESH; ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 19644382765     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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