FINE-PARTICLE DEPOSITION AT VAINGUINIM TOURIST BEACH, GOA, INDIA

Vainguinim Beach is a small and narrow pocket beach located on the roc ky coast of Dona Paula Bay, at the estuarine front of the Zuari River in Goa, India. The beach has been widely used for recreation and swimm ing by a large number of tourists. The beach sediments consist primari ly shell fragments and quartz, with heavy minerals composed of ilmenit e, magnetite and manganese. The black stain of the fine-grained heavy minerals deposited on the beach face reduces the aesthetics of the bea ch. This paper summarises the various studies undertaken to identify t he sediment processes and the possible measures to improve the usabili ty of the beach.