Fluvial facies architecture in small-scale river systems in the Upper Dupi Tila Formation, northeast Bengal Basin, Bangladesh

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 225-236

  Royhan Gani, M ^a,b   Mustafa Alam, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic hazard; Bengal basin; Dupi Tila Formation; Facies architecture; Fluvial deposits

Indexed keywords

FACIES ANALYSIS; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; SANDSTONE;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; SYLHET; WORLD;

EID: 10244246634     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2003.11.003     Document Type: Article

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