Textural and compositional variations in beach sands along Karachi coast
The texture of clastic sediments is a fairly reliable index of the erosional history and energy conditions of the depositional environment, while its mineralogy reflects the composition of the source rocks. The beach sands of Clifton, Sandspit, Hawkesbay and Paradise Point were studied to determine their erosional history, depositional environment and their source
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Format: | article biblioteca |
Language: | English |
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1992
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Subjects: | Earth Sciences, sedimentology, beach sand, Karachi, Pakistan, |
Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1834/31891 |
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