Browsing by Subject "Beaches"
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Benthic life on the tropical sandy shore: Miramar beach a case study
(Discovery Publishing House, 2003)Sandy beaches are a dynamic environment in equilibrium, where sand, water and air are in motion, absorbing the energy of the waves and constituting one of the most important aspects of the coastline. Though sandy beaches ... -
Environmental drivers of temporal variability in DMS (P) in the surfwater of a tropical intertidal beach
(Discovery Publication, 2014)Tropical estuaries are potential contributors of dimethylsulfide (DMS), a climatically relevant volatile sulfur compound and its precursor dimethylsulphoniopropionate (DMSP) In order to understand the distribution of DMS ... -
Land-cover change in Goa– An Integrated RS – GIS Approach
(Geoinformatics International, 2013)Goa, with its’ scenic beauty of sandy beaches, large population with relatively low human development index, forms a part of the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot. The advent of tourism, enhanced mining activities, and ... -
Pore water chemistry in the beach sands of central Tamil Nadu, India
(Macmillan, India, 2007)As the pore water chemistry- has been considered as one of the prominent base parameters to infer the impact of coastal mining in introducing environmental deterioration, a study in pore water chemistry is planned here ... -
Post tsunami rebuilding of beaches and the texture of sediments
(Macmillan, India, 2007)Under CS1R-CMRI Network Programme of Coastal Placer Mining beach sand samples have been collected along the Poompuhar-Nagoor beaches of Central Tamil Nadu, India. Representative samples of 2003, 2005 and 2006 have been ... -
Programs to obtain vertical heights from mean sea level and for computing volume of sand/mineral along beaches: A case study with Kalbadevi beach profiling data and results
(2006)Two programs have been developed to process profile data, for obtaining vertical heights with respect to mean sea level (M.S.L.) and for computation of volume of heavy mineral / sand accumulation or erosion along the ... -
Source rock indication from the heavy mineral weight percentages, central Tamil Nadu, India
(Macmillan, India, 2007)From December 2003 to December 2005 beach sand samples have been collected at regular intervals. During this period the event of 26th December, 2004 tsunami enabled us to analyze the impact of the same in the beach sediments ...