Depositional environment of a tropical estuarine beach near Sharavati River mouth, Central West Coast of India

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1279-1284

  Hegde, V S ^a   Koti, B K ^b   Hanamgond, P T ^c   Shalini, G ^a   Girish, K H ^a  

^a SDM COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b KLE College of Engineering and Technology   (India)

^c GSS College   (India)

Author keywords

Depositional environment; Estuarine beach; Longshore current; Texture; West Coast of India

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; LONGSHORE CURRENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SILTATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KARNATAKA; SHARAVATI ESTUARY; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34548016269     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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