RESEARCH PAPER
Chronology of red dune aggradations of South India and its Palaeo-environmental significance
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Geosciences Division, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, India
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Department of Marine Geology and Geophysics, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kerala, India
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UGC Emeritus Fellow, Dept. of Geology, University of Kerala, Kariavattom Campus, Trivandrum, India
Online publication date: 2013-09-27
Publication date: 2013-12-01
Geochronometria 2013;40(4):274-282
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ABSTRACT
Red sand dunes occur in the coastal plains of south east and west of Tamil Nadu, India between the coordinates of 8°00′ to 9°30′ N; 77°18′ to 79° 00′ E. OSL dating of these sands indicated aggradations between ∼16-9 ka and ∼9-3 ka in the west and east coasts respectively. Dating results from inland red dunes at the foothills of Western Ghats show a break in deposition at ∼6 ka and aggradation since ∼2 ka. The sand aggradations in the west coast occurred during the transition period when SW monsoon in the area was reestablishing. The dunes attained their stability by 9 ka. In the coastal region, the aggradations were controlled by sea level changes and a local recycling of earlier dunes (in the east coast). In the inland areas, the dune building was controlled by sand supply from fluvial sources.
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