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dc.contributor.authorBorole, D.V.
dc.date.accessioned1995-06-17T10:01:36Z
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-30T01:29:44Z
dc.date.available1995-06-17T10:01:36Z
dc.date.available2017-09-30T01:29:44Z
dc.date.issued1988
dc.identifier.citationMarine Geology, vol.82; 1988; 285-291
dc.identifier.issn0025-3227
dc.identifier.urihttp://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/6987
dc.description.abstractClay accumulation rates shown in sediment cores from the nearshore to outer continental shelf and slope regions in water depths of 10-1246 m on the western continental margins of India were determined by the 210Pb dating technique. The 210Pb excess concentration encountered in these regions is about 3-5 dpm/g independent of water depth. The range of clay accumulation rates is from 1.8 to 19 mm/yr for the shelf region and decreases southward from the Tapti and Narbada river confluence in the Gulf of Cambay. This pattern indicates sediment dispersal in the coastal region regulated by southwest monsoon-dominated littoral currents. The same trend is encountered all along the southwestern traverse. This suggests that suspended matter transport across the shelf is minimal since clay accumulation rates on the outer shelf are only 1.8-2.5 mm/yr. The clay accumulation rate in the slope region is 3.8 mm/yr. The high accumulation rates encountered on the upper continental slope may be attributed to the terrigenous influx of Indus river sediment
dc.languageen
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.relation.ispartofMar Geol
dc.relation.isreferencedbySCI
dc.subjectGeology and Geophysics
dc.subject.othercontinental slope
dc.subject.othercontinental shelves
dc.subject.othermonsoons
dc.subject.otherclays
dc.subject.othersediments
dc.subject.otherISW, India, West Coast
dc.titleClay sediment accumulation rates on the monsoon-dominated western continental shelf and slope region of India
dc.typeJournal Article


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