Three-dimensional sedimentary architecture of a large, mid-channel sand braid bar, Jamuna River, Bangladesh

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 516-530

  Best, James L ^a   Ashworth, Philip J ^a   Bristow, Charles S ^b   Roden, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; SANDBAR; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; STRATIGRAPHY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; BAR; BRAIDED RIVER; RIVER CHANNEL; SEDIMENTATION;

BANGLADESH; ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; JAMUNA RIVER; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

ARCHITECTURE; BARS (METAL); BATHYMETRY; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; METALS; SAND; SEDIMENTATION; STRATIGRAPHY;

ALLUVIAL ARCHITECTURE; BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; CROSS STRATIFICATIONS; DEPOSITIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SURVEY; LATERAL ACCRETIONS; SEDIMENTARY ARCHITECTURE; VERTICAL ACCRETION;

RIVERS;

EID: 0043020631     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/010603730516     Document Type: Article

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