Response of the Ganges dispersal system to climate change: A source-to-sink view since the last interstade

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 162, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 83-104

  Goodbred Jr , Steven L ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Paleohydrology; River delta; Sediment transport; South Asian monsoon

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DELTA; DISPERSAL; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOHYDROLOGY; RIVER; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STRATIGRAPHY;

GANGES; INDIA;

EID: 0242286112     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(03)00217-3     Document Type: Review

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