Indian summer monsoon and winter hydrographic variations over past millennia resolved by clay sedimentation

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Chauhan, Onkar S ^a   Dayal, A M ^b   Basavaiah, Nathani ^c   Kader, U Syed Abdul ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF GEOMAGNETISM   (India)

Author keywords

Bay of Bengal Waters; clay sedimentation; Indian summer monsoon; southeast Arabian Sea; suspended load; winter hydrography

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGY; KAOLIN; KAOLINITE; NAVIGATION; SEAWATER; SILICATE MINERALS; STORM SEWERS;

BAY OF BENGAL WATERS; INDIAN SUMMER MONSOON; SOUTHEAST ARABIAN SEA; SUSPENDED LOADS; WINTER HYDROGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

CHLORITE; HYDROGRAPHY; KAOLINITE; MONSOON; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTATION; SUMMER; SUSPENDED LOAD; WINTER;

ARABIAN SEA; BAY OF BENGAL; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 77957574224     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GC003067     Document Type: Article

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