Nearshore sediment characteristics and formation of mudbanks along the Kerala coast, southwest India

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 341-352

  Narayana, A C ^a   Jago, C F ^b   Manojkumar, P ^a   Tatavarti, R ^c  

^a Department of Physics   (India)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NAVAL PHYSICAL AND OCEANOGRAPHIC LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

geotechnical properties; Kerala coast; mudbanks; nearshore bathymetry; sediment characteristics; southwest India

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTY; GRAIN SIZE; MONSOON; MUDBANK; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; RESUSPENSION; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; SEDIMENTATION; SILT;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KERALA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 43049126499     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.12.012     Document Type: Article

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