Extreme wave events of 1000 and 1500 years (radiocarbon ages) have been recently reported in Mahabalipuram region, southeast coast of India. Subsequently, we carried out extensive sedimentological analysis in regions covering a total lateral coverage of 12 km with a new archeological site as the central portion of the study area. Twelve trenches in shore normal profiles exhibit landward thinning sequences as well as upward fining sequences confirming with the global signatures of extreme wave events. The sediment size ranges from fine-to-medium and moderately well sorted-to-well sorted, and exhibit positive skewness with platykurtic-to-leptokurtic nature.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/granularity-and-textural-analysis-proxy-extreme-wave-events-southeast-coast-india
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/c-s-vijaya-lakshmi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/p-srinivasan
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/s-g-n-murthy-et-al
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/journal-earth-system-science
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/beaches
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/oceans-and-seas
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sedimentation
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/natural-disasters
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/extreme-weather-events
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tsunami
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tamil-nadu
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/chennai-d
