Beachrock in st. martin's island, bangladesh: Implications of sea level changes on beachrock cementation

Marine Geodesy

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 89-104

  Chowdhury, Sifatul Quader ^a   Fazlul Haq, A T M ^a   Hasan, Kamrul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Beachrock; Cementation; Petrography; Sea level change; St. Martin's Island

Indexed keywords

EID: 4143140993     PISSN: 01490419     EISSN: 1521060X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490419709388097     Document Type: Article

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