Do inverted depositional sequences and allochthonous foraminifers in sediments along the Coast of Kachchh, NW India, indicate palaeostorm and/ or tsunami effects?

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 42-50

  Nigam, R ^a   Chaturvedi, S K ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b NATIONAL CENTRE FOR ANTARCTIC AND OCEAN RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; MARINE BIOLOGY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTS; TSUNAMIS;

ALLOCHTHONOUS FORAMINIFERS; PALAEOSTORM; Q-MODE CLUSTER ANALYSIS; TSUNAMI EFFECTS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; HOLOCENE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; TSUNAMI;

ASIA; EURASIA; GUJARAT; INDIA; KUTCH; SOUTH ASIA;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 33644520885     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00367-005-0014-y     Document Type: Article

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