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Reddy, N. P. C.
- Changing Sedimentary Environments During Pleistocene-Holocene in a Core from the Eastern Continental Margin of India
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Authors
V. Purnachandra Rao
1,
Ch. M. Rao
1,
A. Mascarenhas
1,
K. Mohan Rao
2,
N. P. C. Reddy
2,
H. C. Das
3
Affiliations
1 National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula 403 004, Goa, IN
2 National Institute of Oceanography, Regional Centre, 52, Kirlampudi, Layout, Visakhapatnam 530 023, IN
3 Oil India Limited, Duliajan, Assam 786 602, IN
1 National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula 403 004, Goa, IN
2 National Institute of Oceanography, Regional Centre, 52, Kirlampudi, Layout, Visakhapatnam 530 023, IN
3 Oil India Limited, Duliajan, Assam 786 602, IN
Source
Journal of Geological Society of India (Online archive from Vol 1 to Vol 78), Vol 40, No 1 (1992), Pagination: 59-69Abstract
Sedimentological and geochemical investigations of the sediments in a core from the eastern continental margin of India, at a water depth of 1200m, revealed two distinct sediment types. The Late Pleistocene sediments are greyish-black in colour and consist of mud turbidites in the lower part and dolostone breccia in the upper part. They also consist of illite and chlorite-rich clay minerals with high organic carbon and sulfur. Organic matter is of dispersed nature. These are similar to black shales and are apparently formed by rapid burial of terrigenous organic matter by turbidites with intermittent reducing conditions during lowered sealeveIs. Dolostone fragments appear to have been transported by mass movement processes during the terminal pleistocene. The Holocene sediments: are moderate yellowish-brown in colour and with detrital vivianite nodules at the base. These sediments are clayey with mont-morillonite-rich, illite-poor clay minerals, lower organic carbon and sulfur contents and ferruginised pyrite grains, deposited under oxidising conditions. The marked changes in the sedimentary environments are attributed to climate and sealevel changes during Pleistocene and Holocene.Keywords
Environment, Pleistocene, Holocene, Black Shales, Off Penner River, Continental Margin.- Qualitative Assessment of Tectonic Lineaments over the Coastal and Innershelf of Kakinada and Kalingapatnam, Central East Coast of India
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Authors
A. S. Subrahmanyam
1,
G. P. S. Murty
1,
K. V. L. N. S. Sarma
1,
K. Mohana Rao
1,
N. P. C. Reddy
1,
M. M. Malleswara Rao
1,
V. Subrahmanyam
1,
P. Suneetha Rani
1,
A. Anuradha
1,
K. S. R. Murthy
1
Affiliations
1 National Institute of Oceanography, 176, Lawson's Bay Colony, Visakhapatnam- 530 017, IN
1 National Institute of Oceanography, 176, Lawson's Bay Colony, Visakhapatnam- 530 017, IN