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Morphology of a coral bank, western continental shelf of India: A multibeam study

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Title Morphology of a coral bank, western continental shelf of India: A multibeam study
 
Creator Rao, P.S.
Kodagali, V.N.
Ramprasad, T.
Nair, R.R.
 
Subject coral reefs
banks (topography)
geomorphology
bathymetry
multibeam sonar
 
Description Morphology of a living coral bank (Gaveshani Bank) is described using multibeam swath bathymetric survey system Hydrosweep. The bank has a height of 42 m, length of 2 km and a maximum width of 1.66 km, with steep flanks and flat top. It has a north-south orientation and occupies an area of about 3 sq km. A 100% coverage obtained in the present study enables us to determine the exact morphology of the bank. A comparison with the single beam echosounding data reveals that the dimensions (length and breadth) and areal extension of the bank are much larger than previously known
 
Date 2009-05-06T10:47:04Z
2009-05-06T10:47:04Z
1993
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Journal of the Geological Society of India, Vol.41; 33-37p.
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/2846
 
Language en
 
Rights Copyright [1993]. All efforts have been made to respect the copyright to the best of our knowledge. Inadvertent omissions, if brought to our notice, stand for correction and withdrawal of document from this repository.
 
Publisher Geological Society of India