RARE SHOTS OF MUTTOM TERIS, KANYAKUMARI DIST, TN, INDIA.

Sarma’s brother Lakshmanan curiously looking from a dune crest, 1978

Afforestation with Casirina-project by TN forest department, 1978

Note the dune morphology, 1978

Leeside view of the dune, 1978

Bedding planes are visible, 1978

Dip along the direction of Pen, 1978

Sarma emerging from gully after checking out the floor, 1978

Vertical joints are common, Brunton compass at the near centre, 1978

Caving due to piping, at head of gully, 1978

Transverse gully, across a dune ridge, 1978

Foreset dipping toward right, 1978

A SWly heading gully, 1978.Note the flat floor.

Gully at least 6 m deep, 1978

Polygonal jointing is quite common on the teris, 1978

Box of cabbage like structure due to differential sinking caused by piping, 1978

Interdune low, a locus of gully formation, 1978