Relationship of heavy mineral redistribution in different microenvironments to seasonal changes of beach processes in an Embayed Beach of Yarada-Gangavaram, North Coastal Andhra Pradesh

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 963-974

  Reddy, K S N ^a   Prasad, T Lakshmi ^a   Rao, N Babu ^a  

^a ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Andhra Pradesh; Beach Profile; Heavy minerals; Marine Geology; Visakhapatnam; Yarada Gangavaram Bay

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; BEACH PROFILE; CHARNOCKITE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EROSION; GARNET; HEAVY MINERAL; KHONDALITE; MARINE SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

ANDHRA PRADESH; ASIA; EASTERN GHATS; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; VISAKHAPATNAM;

EID: 39449114912     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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