Textural characteristics of the surface sediments of a tropical mangrove sundarban ecosystem India

Indian Journal of Marine Sciences

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 397-403

  Ramanathan, A L ^a   Rajkumar, K ^a,b   Majumdar, Jayjit ^a,c   Singh, Gurmeet ^a   Behera, P N ^b   Santra, S C ^c   Chidambaram, S ^d  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UTKAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KALYANI   (India)

^d ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Grain size; Mangroves; Sedimentology; Sundarban; West Bengal

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; FACIES ANALYSIS; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GRAIN SIZE; MANGROVE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; TEXTURE;

SUNDARBANS;

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 76149091214     PISSN: 03795136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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