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Textural Characteristics and Mineralogy of the Suspended Sediments of the Cauvery River Basin, India


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1 Department of Geology, Annamalai University, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu-608001, India
2 School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
     

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The sediment mean size varies from 4.7-8.3 phi (medium-fine silt), moderate to poor sorting, near symmetrical to strongly fine skewed and platy to very platykurtic. Local bank erosion, redistribution and tributaries control the grain size distribution in the basin. Chlorite and montmorillionite are the dominant clay minerals followed by kaolinite and illite.

Keywords

Mineralogy, Sedimentology, Caurvery Basin.
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  • Textural Characteristics and Mineralogy of the Suspended Sediments of the Cauvery River Basin, India

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Authors

A. L. Ramanathan
Department of Geology, Annamalai University, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu-608001, India
V. Subramanian
School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

Abstract


The sediment mean size varies from 4.7-8.3 phi (medium-fine silt), moderate to poor sorting, near symmetrical to strongly fine skewed and platy to very platykurtic. Local bank erosion, redistribution and tributaries control the grain size distribution in the basin. Chlorite and montmorillionite are the dominant clay minerals followed by kaolinite and illite.

Keywords


Mineralogy, Sedimentology, Caurvery Basin.