Anomalous inland influx of the River Indus, Gulf of Kachchh, India

Marine Geology

Volumn 229, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 91-100

  Chauhan, Onkar S ^a   Jayakumar, S ^a   Menezes, A A A ^a   Rajawat, A S ^b   Nayak, S R ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b Indian Space Research Organization Space Application Centre   (India)

Author keywords

clay mineral; hydrography; indus; macrotidal; terrigenous influx

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERAL; HYDROGRAPHY; INDUS; MACROTIDAL; TERRIGENOUS INFLUX;

FLUXES; RAIN; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TURBIDITY;

RIVERS;

ARID REGION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROGRAPHY; RAINFALL; TIME SERIES; TURBIDITY;

ARABIAN SEA; ASIA; EURASIA; GULF OF KUTCH; INDIAN OCEAN; INDUS RIVER;

EID: 33646187719     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2005.12.003     Document Type: Article

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