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Late Quaternary Faunal Change in Coastal Arabian Sea Sediments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

D. V. Borole ,
K. Kameswara Rao ,
R. V. Krishnamurthy  and
B. L. K. Somayajulu
D. V. Borole
Affiliation:
National Institute of Oceanography, Regional Centre, Versova, Bombay 400 061, India
K. Kameswara Rao
Affiliation:
National Institute of Oceanography, Regional Centre, P.O. Box 1913, Cochin 682 018, India
R. V. Krishnamurthy
Affiliation:
Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad 380 009, India
B. L. K. Somayajulu
Affiliation:
Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad 380 009, India
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Abstract

Carbonate content and faunal composition of two gravity cores from the coastal Arabian sea provide evidence of a major environmental change in surface ocean waters about 13,000 yr B.P. Radiocarbon dating indicates that deposition rates ranged from 1.8 to 9.8 cm/103 yr, with a major change in rate occurring in one core at about 7500 yr B.P.

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Quaternary Research , Volume 18 , Issue 2 , September 1982 , pp. 236 - 239
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University of Washington

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