Particle size characterization and Late Holocene depositional processes in Vembanad lagoon, Kerala: Inferences from suite statistics

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 311-318

  Priju, C P ^a   Narayana, A C ^a  

^a Department of Physics   (India)

Author keywords

Depositional environments; Kerala; Sedimentological studies; Southwest coast of India; Vembanad lagoon

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FACIES ANALYSIS; GRAIN SIZE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TEXTURE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KERALA; SOUTH ASIA; VEMBANAD LAKE;

EID: 34247345282     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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