Holocene environmental changes of the Godavari Delta, east coast of India, inferred from sediment core analyses and AMS 14C dating

Geomorphology

Volumn 175-176, Issue , 2012, Pages 163-175

  Nageswara Rao, Kakani ^a   Saito, Yoshiki ^b   Nagakumar, K Ch V ^a   Demudu, G ^a   Basavaiah, N ^c   Rajawat, A S ^d   Tokanai, Fuyuki ^e   Kato, Kazuhiro ^e   Nakashima, Rei ^b  

^a ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF GEOMAGNETISM   (India)

^d INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

^e YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asia; Delta; Godavari; Holocene; Human impact; Strandplain

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; CARBON ISOTOPE; CORE ANALYSIS; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HOLOCENE; PROGRADATION; SEDIMENT CORE;

ANDHRA PRADESH; GODAVARI DELTA; INDIA;

EID: 84866433810     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.07.007     Document Type: Article

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