Browsing Scholarly literature by Subject "harbours"
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A compact self-recording pressure based sea level gauge suitable for deployments at harbour and offshore environments
(SYMPOL, 2001)A compact and lightweight self-recording pressure based sea level gauge has been designed to suit deployments from harbour and offshore environments. A novel hydraulic coupling device designed in-house was used to transfer ... -
A Single-hole stone anchor from Kottapatnam: Early historic port site of Andhra Pradesh, India
(The Nautical Archaeology Society, 2014)Archaeological, epigraphical, numismatic and other sources confirm that ports of Andhra Pradesh had played a significant role in spreading Indian culture to distant countries. Along with other ports Kottapatnam has contributed ... -
A systematic study of wave conditions and sediment transport near Mormugao harbour
(Indian Association for Limnology and Oceanography, 1970)Wave conditions and the nature of sediment transport in the Mormugao Harbour area have been evaluated in view of the proposed development project of this harbour It has been found from this study that generally high waves ... -
Ancient ports of Karnataka and their contacts with Arab countries
(Harman Publishing House, 2004)Karnataka has long straight coastline of 254 km with different types of natural harbours; estuaries have played an important role in maritime activities. The important ports of Karnataka are Karwar, Bhatkal, Honnavar, ... -
Butyltins in the sediments of Kochi and Mumbai harbours, west coast of India
(Elsevier, 2006)Surface sediment samples were collected from various locations in the Mumbai and Kochi harbours, west coast of India, to assess the presence of butyltin compounds. Tributyltin (TBT) and dibutyltin (DBT) varied from 16 to ... -
Changes in the soft-bottom macrobenthic diversity and community structure from the ports of Mumbai, India
(Springer, 2013)Soft-bottom macrobenthic diversity and community structure were assessed at Mumbai and Jawaharlal Nehru ports during three different periods between 2001 and 2002 (November 2001 post-monsoon 1, April/May 2002 pre-monsoon, ... -
Changes in water quality at Cochin harbour dredging site, south west coast of India
(NISCAIR, CSIR, 1998)The water quality in the vicinity of the dredging did not show any appreciable change. All dissolved nutrients recorded sharp changes in the water column. After 20 minutes and 2 hours, the conditions at the dredging were ... -
Coastal structural remains on the east coast of India: Evidence of maritime activities and their significance
(Sharada Publishing House, 2009)Archaeological evidence and literary sources mention that India had several ports and trade centres dating back to the Harappan period onwards. Archaeological explorations and excavations have brought to light a number of ... -
Distribution of Copepods from the Polluted and Unpolluted Regions off Bombay
(CSIR-NISCAIR, 1981)Distribution and abundance of copepods in the nearshore waters off Bombay were studied at 4 fixed sampling sites during October 1977 to December 1978.The stations Mahim and Thana received domestic and industrial waste while ... -
Engineering parameters for expansion of MPT berths, Goa
(Allied, Chennai (India), 1996)Comprehensive program for a harbour development and management requires general and detailed information on the coastal environment including engineering characteristics in addition to physical, chemical and biological ... -
Impact investigations of access channel modifications of Cochin harbour, India
(COPEDEC, 1999)Though the modernization projects over the decades for harbour development also brought about several severe environmental modifications in Cochin harbour, along the west coast of India, so far, the physical processes ... -
Marine archaeological investigations in Okhamandal region of Saurashtra, west coast of India
(Gujarat Historical Society, 2003)The history of Okhamandal region, west coast of India has been often viewed from point of religion and very little interest has been shown on the social and commercial history of this area. Marine archaeological investigations ... -
Maritime archaeology for beginners
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Maritime archaeology of Kalinga and the contact with southeast Asian countries
(Agam Kala Prakashan; Delhi (India), 2002)During the last five thousand years in the maritime history of India, Kaling played an important role in diffusing the Indian culture in Southeast Asian countries. Archaeological exploration and excavations, epigraphical ... -
Neural network-genetic programming for sediment transport
(Institution of Civil Engineers, 2007)The planning, operation, design and maintenance of almost all harbour and coastal engineering facilities call for an estimation of the longshore sediment transport rate. This is currently and popularly done with the help ... -
Pollution characteristics and water quality in the Visakhapatnam harbour
(Indian Association for Limnology and Oceanography, 1982)The impact of organic pollution on the quality of waters in the Visakhapatnam harbour has been studied over a year at 8 stations. The enrichment of nutrients in these waters enhances the eutrophication. The construction ... -
Ports and maritime activities of Orissa (16th to 19th centuries)
(Munshiram Manoharlal, New Delhi (India), 1997)Ports and maritime activities of Orissa (India) and the maritime contacts with European countries during 16th to 19th century are presented in this paper. The matrial for the study has beach collected from the European ... -
Remains of the ancient ports and anchorage points at Miyani and Visawada, on the west coast of India: A study based on underwater investigations
(The Society for Nautical Research, 2007)The recent underwater explorations on the Saurashtra coast, Gujarat, India between Miyani on the west and Porbandar on the east yielded the existence two ports at Visawada and Miyani. Both sites are situated along the ... -
Stone anchors (composite type) from the Saurshtra coast, India: An indicator of ancient ports and sea routes
(The Australasian Institute for Maritime Archaeology, 2004)Marine archaeological investigations on the Saurashtra coast specially at Dwarka, Bet Dwarka, Armada and Somnath brought to light a large number of stone anchors of various type which include composite, grapnel and ring-stone ... -
Turbidity of the atmospheric and water at the major ports of India
(Osmania University, 2005)The atmospheric and water turbidity observed at nine major ports of India, namely Cochin, Mangalore, Mormugao, Mumbai, Jawaharlal Nehru (JNP), Kandla on the west coast and Tuticorin, Chennai and Visakhapatnam on the east ...