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dc.contributor.authorChauhan, O.S.
dc.contributor.authorChaubey, A.K.
dc.date.accessioned2009-05-08T11:54:18Z
dc.date.available2009-05-08T11:54:18Z
dc.date.issued1992
dc.identifier.citationOceanography of the Indian Ocean. Ed. by: Desai, B.N., 487-491p.
dc.identifier.urihttp://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/3015
dc.description.abstractAnalysis of echosoundings, side scan sonar and shallow seismic data, supplementEd. by 152 sediment samples, collected along 150 km around Lakshadweep Islands, Arabian Sea, revealed that the islands have a very narrow shelf, and an abrupt, shelf break occurs at 14 m water depth. The gradient of the slope is very high (1:4 to 1:9) and it has evidences of disturbances. Several well defined terraces occur at 45, 69, 82 m water depth on the continental slope, of which, the most prominent terrace at 82 m (about 150 m wide) is correlatable with similar features reported from the continental shelf of the West Coast of India having an age of about 8900 radio carbon years. These terraces seem to be the manifestations of glacio-eustatic sea-level fluctuations since Pleistocene and the deepest one perhaps represents "Younger Dryas"
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherOxford and IBH, New Delhi
dc.rightsCopyright [1992]. All efforts have been made to respect the copyright to the best of our knowledge. Inadvertent omissions, if brought to our notice, stand for correction and withdrawal of document from this repository.
dc.titleSubmarine physiography off Lakshadweep Islands, Arabian Sea
dc.typeConference Article


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