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Evidence for Underwater Current Activity on the Upper Slope of the Carbonate Platform off Western India using Multibeam Bathymetry


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1 CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa 403 004, India
2 ESSO-National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research, Sada, Vasco-da-Gama 403 804, India
 

The carbonate platform examined in this study is on the outer continental shelf of the northwestern margin of India at water depths between 60 and 90 m (Figure 1). It is located off the Narmada and Tapi rivers, which debouch abundant terrigenous sediments and freshwater onto the coast. Despite abundant terrigenous material expected on the platform, it comprises <10% terrigenous sediments but abundant carbonate sediments.
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  • Evidence for Underwater Current Activity on the Upper Slope of the Carbonate Platform off Western India using Multibeam Bathymetry

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Authors

B. Chakraborty
CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa 403 004, India
V. Purnachandra Rao
CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa 403 004, India
Tejas Salkar
CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa 403 004, India
Vasudev P. Mahale
CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa 403 004, India
John Kurien
ESSO-National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research, Sada, Vasco-da-Gama 403 804, India

Abstract


The carbonate platform examined in this study is on the outer continental shelf of the northwestern margin of India at water depths between 60 and 90 m (Figure 1). It is located off the Narmada and Tapi rivers, which debouch abundant terrigenous sediments and freshwater onto the coast. Despite abundant terrigenous material expected on the platform, it comprises <10% terrigenous sediments but abundant carbonate sediments.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv116%2Fi5%2F711-713