Recent Geoscientific Studies in the Arabian Sea Off India : Papers Presented in the Seminar Held on September 23 - 25, 1987 at Mangalore, Karnataka

Contents: Stratigraphy and sedimentation: 1. Continental slope off Bombay and Ratnagiri: its morphology and sedimentation/B.R. Rao and K.S. Rao. 2. Textural attributes in carbonate sands of beach and lagoonal environments, Agatti Atoll, Lakshadweep/M.G. Hardas, R.K. Rastogi and J.K. Gupta. 3. Seabed sediment distribution within the EEZ off West Coast of India - an appraisal/R. Sengupta, S.K. Ghosh, J. Bhattacharjee, P.C. Basu and S. Dutta. 4. Grain size characteristics and distribution pattern of marine sediments off Karwar Coast, Karnataka State/E.V. Nair. 5. Morphology and sediment characteristics of northern part of trans - Lakshadweep ridge/V.K.K. Kalluraya, T.K. Charlu, K.S. Adiga, E.V. Nair, N.S. Lakshimipathi and K.V. Ramachandran. 6. Non-skeletal carbonate sands in parts of western continental shelf of India and their environmental significance/G.P. Mohapatra, T.S. Rao and N.R. Biswas. Marine micropalaeontology: 7. Planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy and faunal provinces of late Pleistocene sediments from DSDP sites 214, 237 and 238 Northern Indian Ocean/B.C. Jaiprakash, A.K. Guha and C.N. Rao. 8. Distribution of benthonic foraminifera in the outer shelf - upper slope area off Cochin, Arabian Sea/S. Madabhusi. 9. Distribution of Benthonic foraminifera in the inner shelf off Cannanore - Calicut Coast, Arabian sea and its relation to marine pollution/S. Madabhusi. 10. Foraminiferal distribution of the continental shelf off Tripriyar - Azhikode, Kerala/R. Srinivasan. 11. A Study of foraminiferal distribution in seabed samples from Arabian sea off Deogarh/Anil K. Mathur and S. Gupta. 12. Areal distribution of foraminifera off Trivandrum and cape Comorin with comments on depth diagnostic taxa in the Arabian Sea/S. Gupta and Debajyoti Bhattacharjee. 13. Planktonic foraminifera from core tops of western equatorial Indian ocean/P.D. Naidu and M.V.S. Guptha. Geophysics: 14. Some aspects of the magnetic contour trends in the Arabian sea off Ratnagiri/A. Bagchi and P.K. Bose. 15. Echo-characters of the western continental margin of India off Cochin -Quilon/S.M. Khalil. 16. The principle of analysis of crossover error of magnetic data in offshore surveys/B.J. Sen Gupta and P.K. Bose. Geochemistry: 17. Granulometry and geochemistry of surficial shelf sediments off Kasaragod - Mt. Dilli Area, Kerala/V.K.K. Kalluraya and E.V. Nair. 18. The distribution of trace elements in organic matter, clay and carbonate phases of the marine sediments off Lakshadweep/R. Krishnamoorthy and P. Premakumar. 19. Distribution of organic carbon in the surficial sediments off Bombay, Ratnagiri and Calicut in the Arabian sea/M. Ramamurty and P.S.N. Murty. Non-Living resources: 20. Hydrocarbon exploration in western offshore basins of India/S.K. Biswas. 21. Mercury shows off Arnala Island, Maharashtra/K.V. Venkatesh, N.S. Lakshmipathi, K.V. Ramachandran, B. Zaheer, R. Krishnamoorthy and P. Premakumar. 22. Electrostatic mineral separator for separation of heavy minerals/B.R. Prabhakar. 23. Heavy mineral sands off Paravur - Varkala, Kerala/M. Senthiappan, N.M. Abdulla, K. Kumaran, J. Sankar, U. Durairaj, A.R. Nambiar, G.P. Michael, E. Unnikrishnan and K.V. Ramachandran. 24. Sniffer technique and case histories for geochemical prospecting in the western part of Indian continental shelf/B. Guha and A.K. Goyal. 25. A note on rapid evaluation of heavy mineral distribution by scintillometer studies/M. Senthiappan. 26. Distribution of heavy minerals in the beach sediments around Kali River, Karwar, West Coast of India/G.N. Nayak and V.C. Chavadi. 27. Distribution and origin of heavy minerals in the recent shelf sediments off Trivandrum - Muttam coast and adjacent beaches, South West India/A. Raghavan Nambiar and E. Unnikrishnan. 28. A note on the occurrence of Placer gold off Calicut, Kerala/G.P. Michael, U. Durairaj and H.Y. Bhai. Coastal erosion and geotechnical studies: 29. Sand accumulation in a part of the outer approach channel of new Mangalore port - an analysis/T.N. Rajan, P.I. Thambi, S. Rajan, T. Mathai and P.J. Ittykunju. 30. Beach erosional aspects with special reference to Central Kerala Coast/B.K. Purandara and Y.L. Dora. 31. Underwater seismic refraction survey for foundation of a proposed bridge across Mahim Bay, Bombay/Ravendra Nath, R.S. Wadhwa and M.S. Chaudhari. 32. Underwater seismic survey in connection with dredging at Rathnagiri Port (Maharashtra)/Ravendra Nath, P.J. Desai, M.D. Kamble, M.S. Satpute and M.S. Chaudhari. 33. Geomorphic configuration of the lagoonal shore of Kavaratti Island, Lakshadweep/K.S. Adiga. 34. Marine geoscientific surveys in ports and nearshore regions of the Arabian Sea regions off Central West Coast of India/L.V. Subbaraju, P.D. Naidu and F. Almeida. 35. Beach morphological changes between Talapadi and Surathkal, Dakshina Kannada/K.S. Jayappa and K.R. Subramanya. Neotectonics and Eustatic changes: 36. Indian West coast shelf break tectonic features/B.N. Ghosh and P.L. Zutshi. 37. Coastal geomorphic features in relation to neotectonics along the coastal tract of Maharashtra and Karnataka/R.K. Sukhtankar. 38. Transform faults of the Carlsberg ridge -- their implication in neotectonic activity along the Kerala coast/M.M. Nair and K.S. Subramanian. 39. Morpho-tectonic evolution of east and west coasts of Indian Peninsula/S.M. Ramasamy. Estuarine environment and deposits: 40. On the submerged estuarine environment of a part of Arabian Sea coast, South Gujarat/Amitava Bandyopadhyay. 41. A study of the tidal clastics from Agashi and Bassein Creek, Thana District, Maharashtra/Ravi S. Pandian and R.K. Sukhtankar. 42. Erosion and deposition pattern of beaches near Gangavali river mouth on the Northern Karnataka coast/V.C. Chavadi, V.S. Hegde, A.R. Nalwadi and A.A. Jalihal. 43. An analysis of the fluvio-marine interaction on the shelf sedimentation through textural studies: a case study from Trichur coast of Kerala/M. Prithviraj and T.N. Prakash. Miscellaneous: 44. Black smokers and massive sulphides at rapidly diverging plate margins on the East Pacific rise/G.S. Roonwal.