The submarine delta of the Ganges-Brahmaputra: Cyclone-dominated sedimentation patterns

Marine Geology

Volumn 149, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 133-154

  Michels, K H ^a   Kudrass, H R ^a   Hubscher C ^b   Suckow, A ^c   Wiedicke, M ^a  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c Niedersachsisches Landesamt B   (Germany)

Author keywords

137Cs; 210Pb; Bangladesh; Delta sedimentation; Earthquakes; Sedimentation rate; Tempestite

Indexed keywords

CYCLONE; DELTAIC SEDIMENTATION; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

BAY OF BENGAL;

EID: 0032146003     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(98)00021-8     Document Type: Article

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