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dc.contributor.authorBabu, N-
dc.contributor.authorSuresh Babu, D S-
dc.contributor.authorMohan Das, P N-
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-03T09:37:50Z-
dc.date.available2017-01-03T09:37:50Z-
dc.date.issued2007-03-
dc.identifier.citationEnviron Geology 52:71-80en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/2617-
dc.description.abstractThe great Indonesian earth quake (26 December 2004) triggered a tsunami wave across the Bay of Bengal and Indian Ocean basins and has brought a major havoc in several countries including India. The coastal segment between Thotapalli and Valiazhikal in Kerala state of southwest India, where considerably rich beach placer deposit with ilmenite percentage of more than 70% is concentrated, has been investigated to understand the impact of tsunami on coastal sediments. The grain size analysis flashes out the significant differences between the pre- and post-tsunami littoral environments. While the mineral grains collected during pre-tsunami period show well-sorted nature, the post-tsunami samples represent moderately to poorly sorted nature. Similarly, unimodal and bimodal distributions of the sediments have been recorded for pre- and post-tsunami sediments, respectively. Further, mineral assemblages corresponding to before and after this major wave activity clearly indicate the large-scale redistribution of sediments. The post-tsunami sediments register increasing trends of garnet, sillimanite and rutile. The total heavy mineral percentage of the post-tsunami sediment also shows an improved concentration, perhaps due to the large-scale transport of lighter fraction. Magnetite percentage of post-tsunami samples reflects higher concentration compared to the pretsunami samples, indicating the intensity of reworking process. X-ray diffraction patterns of ilmenite grains have confirmed the increased presence of pseduorutile, and pseudobrookite in post-tsunami samples, which could be due to the mixing of more altered grains. SEM examination of grains also confirms the significant alteration patterns on the ubiquitous mineral of placer body, the ilmenite. The reason for these textural, mineralogical and micromorphological changes in heavy minerals particularly in ilmenite, could be due to the churning action on the deeper sediments of onshore region or on the sediments entrapped in the near shelf region of the area, by the ~ 6 m high tsunami wavesen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherspingeren_US
dc.subjectdepositen_US
dc.subjectenvironmentsen_US
dc.subjectassemblagesen_US
dc.subjectmineralogicalen_US
dc.titleImpact of Tsunami on Texture and Mineralogy of a Major Placer Deposit in Southwest Coast of Indiaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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