Shift in detrital sedimentation in the eastern bay of Bengal during the late quaternary

Journal of Earth System Science

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 285-295

  Babu, C Prakash ^a   Pattan, J N ^a   Dutta, K ^b   Basavaiah, N ^c   Prasad, G V Ravi ^b   Ray, D K ^b   Govil, P ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF GEOMAGNETISM   (India)

^d NATIONAL CENTRE FOR ANTARCTIC AND OCEAN RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Bay of bengal; Biogenic; Calcium carbonate; Detrital; Dilution; Ganges rahmaputra; Sediment core; Turbidite

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; CALCIUM CARBONATE; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; DILUTION; GRAIN SIZE; HOLOCENE; MARINE SEDIMENT; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTATION; TURBIDITE;

BAY OF BENGAL; BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER; GANGES RIVER; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 77953760462     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: 02534126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12040-010-0022-9     Document Type: Article

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