Marine geophysical investigations across the submarine canyon (Swatch-of-No-Ground), northern Bay of Bengal

Current Science

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 507-513

  Subrahmanyam, V ^a   Krishna, K S ^a   Ramana, M V ^a   Murthy, K S R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

Bengal Fan; Levee sediments; Submarine canyon; Swatch of No Ground; Turbidity flows

Indexed keywords

EID: 40549119466     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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