Distribution of grain size, clay mineralogy and organic matter of surface sediments from Tirumalairajanar Estuary, Tamilnadu, east coast of India

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1371-1380

  Venkatramanan, Senapathi ^a   Ramkumar, Thirunavukkarasu ^a   Anithamary, Irudhayanathan ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Clay; Clay minerals; East coast of India; Organic matter; Sand; Silt; Tirumalairajanar

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERAL; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; GIBBSITE; GRAIN SIZE; ORGANIC MATTER; SAND; SILT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEXTURE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

INDIA; TAMIL NADU; TIRUMALAIRAJANAR ESTUARY;

EID: 84877083010     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-011-0423-3     Document Type: Article

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