Depositional environment of sediments along the southern coast of Tamil Nadu, India

Oceanologia

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 87-102

  Angusamy, Nimalanathan ^a   Rajamanickam, G Victor ^b  

^a TAMIL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b SASTRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Beach sediments; Depositional; Environment; Grain size; India

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GRAIN SIZE; MARINE SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KANYAKUMARI; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 33646594981     PISSN: 00783234     EISSN: 00783234     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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