Submarine canyons off the Coromandel coast

Abstract

During the 26th Cruise of I.N.S. `KISTNA', a bathymetric survey was carried out in some detail off the Pondicherry coast. This survey has revealed the existence of three sets of distinctly separate canyons between Cuddalore and Palar River. The morphological features of these canyons are briefly described in this paper on the basis of a few traverses taken across each of these canyons