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Nature and origin of small scale topographic prominences on the western continental shelf of India

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Title Nature and origin of small scale topographic prominences on the western continental shelf of India
 
Creator Nair, R. R.
 
Description 25-29
Small prominences of the order of 1 to 8 m in height occur on the western shelf of India. These features are confined to the outer shelf (65-130 m water depth) and are largely composed of algal and oolitic limestone, radiocarbon dated to be of 9000-11000 yr, and their erosional derivatives. Echo-sounding and sedimentary data suggest that these prominences are the erosional remnants of now submerged relict bars that formed during the Holocene transgression. They have remained uncovered due to low rates of sedimentation and/or the presence of bottom currents on the outer shelf.
 
Date 2017-01-04T07:25:59Z
2017-01-04T07:25:59Z
1975-06
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print)
http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/39668
 
Language en_US
 
Rights CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJMS Vol.04(1) [June 1975]