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Paleoclimatic Registers from Semi-arid Costal Sediments of Southeastern India: A Multi Proxy Approach

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The red sand dunes appear along the south east, -west coast of Tamil Nadu, India between the latitudes and longitudes of 8°07′56″N to 8°22′11″N; 77°19′84″E to 77°53′40″E. The dune sands from this region were studied through magnetic methods such as magnetic susceptibility measurements and acquisition of isothermal remanent magnetization, geochemistry and X-ray diffraction methods. Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating method was used to constrain the chronology of deposits. Three sections were excavated up to 5–9.5 m with one inland deposit (TPV) and two near coastal sections (THOP and MUT). The magnetic parameters show both significant contribution of hematite structures and indicate the presence of multi-domain magnetite or mixed mineral contents of magnetite and anti-ferromagnetic minerals in the sample. The occurrence of magnetite in THOP and TPV sections is possibly due to the marine sediments transported by sturdy onshore winds. In XRD data, correlation analysis indicated TPV and MUT sections have a similar type of deposition and THOP did not show any positive correlation with TPV and MUT and even with its own deposition. In comparison with geochemistry data, χ variation and OSL dates, it was shown that the sample MUT21 (200 cm) with an OSL age of 14 ± 2 ka indicated deposition during the humid interval and at ~17 ± 2 to ~19 ± 2 ka MUT61 (600 cm)depicts the dry period of deposition.

Celeste Gomes—deceased

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Acknowledgements

The researchers are thankful to Dr. Ana Lourenço for their valuable advice and comments during the work. We are very thankful to Indian Journal of Geo-Marine science (IJMS) by allowing us to use the few images and tables from their journal. Special thanks to Ms. Sujita Ganaraj for her support in documentation assistance and Mr. Arul Britto for their timely during sample collection in this distinct field. Lastly, acknowledgements to Erasmus Mundus (INDIA4EU ll) scholarship officials for their continuous financial support to the research study of Mr. Vidyasakar Anburaj (Indi1200057) during 2013–2015.

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  1. Department of Geology, Faculty of Science and Humanities, Anna University, Chennai, India

    Anburaj Vidyasakar & Seshachalam Srinivasalu

  2. Pole of the Faculty of Sciences, Earth Sciences Institute, Rua do Campo Alegre, Porto, 4169-007, Portugal

    Anburaj Vidyasakar & Helena Sant’Ovaia

  3. Department of Geology and Environmental Science, Christ College, Irinjalakuda, 680125, Kerala, India

    Linto Alappat

  4. Luminescence Dating Laboratory, Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53 University Road, Lucknow, 226007, India

    P. Morthekai

  5. Planetary and Geoscience Division, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, 380009, India

    A. K. Singhvi

  6. LaboratórioNacional de Energia e Geologia, I.P/Rua da Amieira, Apartado 1089, S. Mamede de Infesta, Porto, 4466-901, Portugal

    Ferreira Jorge

  7. CGUC, Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Coimbra, Largo Marquês de Pombal, Coimbra, 3000-272, Portugal

    Celeste Gomes

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Vidyasakar, A. et al. (2017). Paleoclimatic Registers from Semi-arid Costal Sediments of Southeastern India: A Multi Proxy Approach. In: Abdalla, O., Kacimov, A., Chen, M., Al-Maktoumi, A., Al-Hosni, T., Clark, I. (eds) Water Resources in Arid Areas: The Way Forward. Springer Water. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51856-5_1

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