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Arabian Sea oceanography and fisheries of the west coast of India
(Indian Academy of Sciences, 2001)The physical and chemical forcing, which drives the Arabian Sea production is now fairly understood. The main attributes which contribute to the productivity are (1) the boundary and open ocean processes, which manifest ... -
Arabian Sea upwelling - A comparison between coastal and open ocean regions
(Current Science Association, Bangalore, India, 1996)The response of the eastern Arabian Sea to prevailing winds during an upwelling event, in the peak of southwest monsoon, was studied at both coastal and open ocean environment based on the data collected as a part of the ... -
Aragonite pteropod abundance and preservation records from the Maldives, equatorial Indian Ocean: Inferences on past oceanic carbonate saturation and dissolution events
(2019)During the International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) Expedition 359, a long continuous carbonate-rich sequence was recovered from the Inner Sea of Maldives. We investigated pteropod proxies (absolute abundance of pteropods ... -
Arc arrays: studies of high resolution techniques for multibeam bathymetric applications
(Elsevier, 1995)In this paper a theoretical study is initiated to observe the utility of directional spectral estimation techniques for `arc array' geometries. We examine the suitability of a 15 degrees arc transducer geometry for multibeam ... -
Arcellaceans and pollen/spores of a late Harappan settlement near Porbandar, west coast of India: Implications for palaeoecology and environmental monitoring
(Indian Academy of Sciences, 2007)Archaeological sites have been a storehouse of information on various aspects of the past, including climatic conditions and hydrological characteristics in a particular time bracket. Recent excavation near Porbandar has ... -
Archaeological Explorations of Kalingapatnam, Dantapur and Salihundam on the East Coast of India
(The Indian Society for Prehistoric and Quaternary Studies (ISPQS), 2019)There are several coastal sites along the east and west coast of India from the Harappan period onwards which served as port and trade centres. Among ancient ports along the east coast of India, Kalingapatnam, Dantapur, ... -
Archaeological remains of the ancient harbours along the west coast of India: A legacy of our maritime heritage
(National Institute of Oceanography, India, 2004)The maritime activity has played a vital role in the emergence of well-developed civilizations around the world during mid-Holocene period. Cultural interaction, exchanges of technology, trade and commerce led the human ... -
Archaeological sites along the Gujarat coast: Proxies to decipher the past shoreline
(Darshak Itihas Nidhi, 2011)During the late Holocene, coastal configuration has undergone continuous changes due to various reasons like sea level fluctuations and shoreline shift. Several reasons are attributed like global warming causing polar ice ... -
Archaeological sites as indicators of ancient shorelines
(Society for Marine Archaeology, NIO, 2006)During the late Holocene, coastal configuration has undergone continuous changes due to various reasons like sea level fluctuations and shoreline shift. Several reasons are attributed like global warming causing polar ice ... -
Archaeological sites on the Indian Ocean Rim - A growing database
(2007)This section is designed to act as a plafform for reporting explored and excavated sites of all periods located along the Indian Ocean rim. The Indian Ocean is broadly defined It Includes the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, the ... -
Archaeology of Bet Dwarka Island
(Indian Society for Prehistoric and Quaternary Studies., 1998)Explorations along the shore and in the intertidal zone at Bet Dwarka island, Gujarat, India were carried out by the Marine Archaeology Centre of National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), Goa, India between 1981-1994. ... -
Archaeology of lighthouses along the Indian coast with reference to a lighthouse at Kodinar, Gujarat
(Indian Archaeological Society, 2011)A lighthouse is an important aid for navigation and they are in use for the past 2500 years The archaeological remains of light houses are meagre in India and the earliest remains are not dated earlier than the medieval ... -
Archaeology of the western Saurashtra Coast: Post-urban Harappan era
(Oxford, 2009)The present essay deals with the post-Indus Valley Civilization phase in the context of the settlements along the western Saurashtra Coast, particularly the three sites: Bet Dwarka, Bokhira and Kindar Kheda that were ... -
Archean Biogeochemical Cognizance from Dharwar Craton, India - A Review
(Springer, 2022)The Banded iron formations (BIFs) and manganese formations of Chitradurga, Shimoga and Sandur greenstone belts of Dharwar craton, associated with the stromatolitic carbonates, carbonaceous phyllites and shales along with ... -
Archeologie sous-marine de l'ancienne Dwarka dans l'Okhamandal
(Webzine Eurasie, 2006)Okhamandal, one of the most important religious centers is situated in Jamnagar district of Gujarat province on the west coast of India. The total landmass covers an area of 70 sq miles, which is marshy, bushy, and uneven ... -
Are Artificial Barrages Necessary to Prevent Saline Incursion? A Modelling Approach to Restore the Healthy Ecosystem of the Vembanad Lake
(Springer, 2022)The Thanneermukkom Bund was constructed to prevent salt water intrusion in the low lying areas of the Kuttanad region which increase the paddy cultivation twice in a year.Without it, paddy cultivation would be limited to ... -
Are eddies nature’s trigger to enhance biological productivity in the Bay of Bengal?
(American Geophysical Union, 2004)The Bay of Bengal is traditionally considered to be a less productive basin compared to the Arabian Sea. Despite the contrasting chlorophyll and primary productivity pattern, sediment trap data shows that annual fluxes of ... -
Are genomic indices effective alternatives to morphology based benthic indices in biomonitoring studies? Perspectives from a major harbour and marine protected area
(Elsevier, 2023)Ecological assessments are currently being conducted by traditional morpho-taxonomical identification techniques that are time-consuming and often inaccurate.Biomonitoring programs are increasingly being complemented by ... -
Are interdecadal sea level changes along the Indian coast influenced by variability of monsoon rainfall?
(American Geophysical Union, 1999)The Mumbai (Bombay) tide gauge data, the only century-long record in the Indian Ocean, show that interdecadal changes in sea level mimic those in rainfall over the Indian subcontinent. We propose that the link between ...