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Patterns of seasonal variability in granulometric characteristics of Bhitarkanika Mangrove – estuarine complex, East coast of India

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Title Patterns of seasonal variability in granulometric characteristics of Bhitarkanika Mangrove – estuarine complex, East coast of India
 
Creator Chauhan, Rita
Ramanathan, A. L.
Adhya, T. K.
 
Subject Mangrove
Bhitarkanika
Grain size
Mean
Standard deviation
Skewness
Kurtosis
 
Description 1083-1090
Textural attributes of recent sediments measured in
terms of
mean (Mz), Standard deviation (σ1),
Skewness (Sk1) and Kurtosis (KG) are widely used to
reconstruct the depositional environments of sediments. Sediments were
collected in three seasons from different areas of Bhitarkanika mangrove
estuary to investigate the spatial and seasonal variability and influence of
sediment transport on grain size characteristics. A marked variation in
granulometric parameters was observed with respect to its geomorphic location
in different seasons. Most of sediments were dominated by fine to very fine
grain size, which are poorly sorted throughout the year. These poorly sorted,
positively skewed fine grained sand indicate depositional process in a low
energy environment. Linear discriminant function (LDF) showed aeolian process
for mixed up sediment causing poor sorting of the sediments during all seasons.
 
Date 2016-06-23T16:30:47Z
2016-06-23T16:30:47Z
2014-06
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print)
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/28978
 
Language en_US
 
Rights CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJMS Vol.43(6) [June 2014]