Subsidence in the lower deltaic areas of bangladesh

Marine Geodesy

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 105-120

  Hoque, Monirul ^a   Alam, Mahmood ^b  

^a University Grants Commission of Bangladesh   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Bengal Basin; Bengal Foredeep; Delta; Mobile belt; Neotectonic activities; Polders; Subsidence

Indexed keywords

EID: 2942655876     PISSN: 01490419     EISSN: 1521060X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490419709388098     Document Type: Article

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