The Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers in Bangladesh: Basin denudation and sedimentation

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 13, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 2907-2923

  Islam, Mohammad Rezwanul ^a   Begum, Syeda Fahliza ^a   Yamaguchi, Yasushi ^a   Ogawa, Katsuro ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basin subsidence; Brahmaputra; Denudation; Ganges; Sedimentation; Suspended sediment load

Indexed keywords

AGGRADATION; DENUDATION; TOTAL SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; LITHOLOGY; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUBSIDENCE;

HYDROLOGY;

DENUDATION; RIVER BASIN; SEDIMENTATION; SUBSIDENCE; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 0033572195     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(19991215)13:17<2907::AID-HYP906>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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