Channel and bed morphology of a part of the Brahmaputra River in Assam

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 227-235

  Gilfellon, G B ^a   Sarma, J N ^b   Gohain, K ^a  

^a OIL INDIA LIMITED   (India)

^b DIBRUGARH UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Assam; Brahmaputra River; Geomorphology

Indexed keywords

BRAIDED RIVER; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; RIVER BED;

INDIA;

EID: 0242662618     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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