1. Grain size analysis and an overview of the sedimentary processes in Chandrabhaga beach, east coast of India.
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Mishra, Subhasini, Hota, Rabindra Nath, and Nayak, Bibhuranjan
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SEDIMENTATION & deposition ,GRAIN size ,BEACHES ,EOLIAN processes ,COASTS - Abstract
In the present study, grain size analysis has been undertaken to deduce the palaeo-depositional environment of Chandrabhaga beach sediments in the east coast of India. The sediments are medium- to fine-grained sand, moderate to moderately well sorted, near symmetrical to very coarse skewed, and platy to leptokurtic in nature. The predominance of medium- to fine-grained sand suggests relatively high- to moderate-energy of depositional conditions. A fluctuating trend of sorting corroborates the impact of the river and monsoonal variations along the coast and also indicates a good sorting of unimodal sediments or an association of two bimodal sediments in equal proportions. Linear discriminant functions unveil the beach setting and shallow marine depositional environment with minimal (6.33%) influence of the aeolian process, while multigroup discrimination suggests 2:1 ratio of beach and aeolian setting. C-M plot of Chandrabhaga beach sediments surmises that the transportation was mainly by rolling and bottom suspension conditions in a beach sub-environment. The tractive current plot indicates association of samples with the beach in the tractive current field signifying dominance of wave action. The quartz microtexture study by SEM unravels the physicochemical changes during sedimentation in contemporary coastline. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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