Late-Holocene geomorphic evolution of Cauvery Delta, Tamil Nadu

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 649-657

  Ramasamy, Sm ^a   Saravanavel, J ^a   Selvakumar, R ^a  

^a BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Geomorphic anomalies; Late Holocene tectonics of Cauvery delta; Post deltaic geological events; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; COASTAL EVOLUTION; HOLOCENE; PALEOCHANNEL; PROGRADATION; UPLIFT;

ASIA; CAUVERY DELTA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU;

AVES;

EID: 33747007269     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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