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Topographic features over the continental shelf off Visakhapatnam

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Title Topographic features over the continental shelf off Visakhapatnam
 
Creator Rao, T.C.S.
Machado, T.
Murthy, K.S.R.
 
Subject Geology and Geophysics
pleistocene
echosounder profiles
echosounding
continental shelves
topographic features
ISW, India, Andhra Pradesh, Visakhapatnam
 
Description Continuous echosounding surveys have been carried out along sixteen profiles covering the entire continental shelf between Bheemunipatnam and Kutukonda. Over the inner shelf and mid-shelf the bottom topography is smooth and featureless. Between 70 m water depth and the continental shelfedge several interesting topographic features such as Terraces, Karstic structures associated with pinnacles and troughs and smooth dome shaped reef structures are recorded. The nature of these features and the composition of sediments of this area suggest that they represent the ancient beaches formed during the lower sea levels of pleistocene
 
Date 1995-04-30T09:57:10Z
2017-09-29T13:48:52Z
1995-04-30T09:57:10Z
2017-09-29T13:48:52Z
1980
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Mahasagar, vol.13; 1980; 23-28
0542-0938
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/6883
 
Language en
 
Relation Mahasagar
NON-SCI
 
Publisher Indian Association for Limnology and Oceanography