Floodplain processes in the Bengal Basin and the storage of Ganges-Brahmaputra river sediment: An accretion study using 137Cs and 210Pb geochronology

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 121, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 239-258

  Goodbred Jr , Steven L ^a   Kuehl, Steven A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accretion study; Bangladesh; Floodplain processes; Ganges Brahmaputra river delta; Radiocesium; Radioisotope geochronology

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CESIUM 137; DELTAIC SEDIMENTATION; FLOODPLAIN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LEAD 210; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 0032215825     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(98)00082-7     Document Type: Article

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