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Late Quaternary sedimentation in eastern Bay of Bengal

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Title Late Quaternary sedimentation in eastern Bay of Bengal
 
Creator Chauhan, O.S.
Mascarenhas, A.
Paropkari, A.L.
Rao, Ch.M.
 
Description This study presents variations in various size measures, calcium carbonate, organic carbon, clay mineralogy and major and trace elements in a core (5.40 m long, 2713 m depth) from the eastern Bay of Bengal. On a CM diagram, the sediments of the core occupy the area designated for suspended sediments indicating that the entire sedimentary section was deposited under calm conditions. The sharp change in distribution of organic carbon and calcium carbonate at 40 cm suggests a change in the nature of sedimentation and perhaps represents the boundary between the Pleistocene and Holocene. The variations in relative abundance of clay minerals as well as the chemistry of the sediments above and below 40 cm lend support to the above inference
 
Date 2009-05-08T11:56:20Z
2009-05-08T11:56:20Z
1992
 
Type Conference Article
 
Identifier Oceanography of the Indian Ocean. Ed. by: Desai, B.N., 479-486p.
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/3041
 
Language en
 
Rights Copyright [1992]. 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 Oxford and IBH, New Delhi