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dc.contributor.authorSetty, M.G.A.P.
dc.contributor.authorWagle, B.G.
dc.date.accessioned1999-08-29T09:56:34Z
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-29T13:47:17Z
dc.date.available1999-08-29T09:56:34Z
dc.date.available2017-09-29T13:47:17Z
dc.date.issued1972
dc.identifier.citationProceedings of the Indian National Science Academy, vol.38A(1-2); 1972; 9-20
dc.identifier.issn0370-0046
dc.identifier.urihttp://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/5811
dc.description.abstractBeach rock is a common rock type in many parts of the southern hemisphere and also some areas north of the equator. Its distribution particularly in the Indian Ocean islands and atolls and coasts of India is reviewed. The mineralogic and faunal constituents of beach rock found along Goa coast is dealt with in detail. While discussing the various views on its origin, it is emphasized that the process of cementation is chiefly controlled by ground water evaporation, inorganic precipitation and optimum temperature under the beach and inland. However, the thickness depends upon variabilities of precipitation, hinterland, water table fluctuations, temperature changes, composition and changes in sea level. Since the beach rock is formed in the tidal or spray zone its occurrence at higher or lower levels is suggestive of eustatic movement. The physical setting of this rock along the west coast of India indicates a post-middle Miocene to Pleistocene age
dc.languageen
dc.publisherIndian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore
dc.relation.ispartofP Indian Natl Sci Acad
dc.relation.isreferencedbyNON-SCI
dc.subjectGeology and Geophysics
dc.subject.otherbeachrock
dc.subject.othermineralogy
dc.subject.othercementation
dc.subject.othersea level variations
dc.subject.othereustatic changes
dc.subject.othersplash zone
dc.subject.otherISW, India, Goa
dc.titleBeach rock from Goa Coast
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.affiliation.authorCSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa, India


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