Low-sinuosity braided-fluvial sedimentation model : A comparison of the lichubagan sandstone formation and the Jamuna (Brahmaputra) river, Bangladesh

Indian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 13-19

  Alam, M Mustafa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BRAIDED CHANNEL; FACIES DISTRIBTUION; FACIES DISTRIBUTION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE;

BANGLADESH, BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER;

EID: 0029751930     PISSN: 03795128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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