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Holocene sea-levels on the Western Continental Shelf of India

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Submerged terraces on the Western Continental Shelf between Bombay and Karwar atd ep thso f −92, −85, −75 and −55 meters are inferred, on the basis of radiocarbon dates, to be of Holocene age (about 10,000 years before present) and thus suggest apparent similarities to Global Holocene sea-level fluctuations. An unequivocal chronology of the sea-level fluctuations is however not possible at present due to the limited data points, the possible tectonic instability of the shelf and the unknown extent of the influence of the downwarping by the Indus cone on the shelves bordering the Arabian Sea.

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Nair, R.R. Holocene sea-levels on the Western Continental Shelf of India. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 79, 197–203 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03045465

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