Holocene tectonics revealed by Tamil Nadu deltas, India

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 637-648

  Ramasamy, Sm ^a  

^a BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Holocene tectonics; Remote sensing; Tamil Nadu deltas

Indexed keywords

DELTA; HOLOCENE; NEOTECTONICS; REMOTE SENSING; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

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

AVES;

EID: 33747018882     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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