Temporal changes in land - water distribution pattern during 1930-1993 along the Coromandel coast of Tamil Nadu, India, and its significance

240-244<span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:" times="" new="" roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"times="" roman";="" color:black;mso-ansi-language:en-in;mso-fareast-language:en-in;mso-bidi-language:="" hi"="" lang="EN-IN">The present study has revealed that the NE-SW and WNW-ESE trending sinistral faults are very active along the Tamil Nadu coast and the same have caused considerable slope modifications along the Coleroon and Karungalar rivers which are well -manifested in the land , water and mudflat distribution pattern. Similarly, the progradation of the land in Vedaranniam nose is due to the rise of Pattukottai- Mannargudi area and the time transgressive modifications of the Vedaranniam back water indicates the opening up of the N-S trending Pleistocene-Holocene faults.