Texture and mineralogy of sediments from the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna river system in the Bengal Basin, Bangladesh and their environmental implications

Environmental Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 181-188

  Datta, D K ^a   Subramanian, V ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Bengal basin; Grain size distribution; Mineralogy

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; FLOODPLAIN; GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION; RIVER SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTARY PETROLOGY;

BANGLADESH, BENGAL BASIN;

EID: 0030620527     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002540050145     Document Type: Article

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