Channel braiding and stability of the Brahmaputra River, Bangladesh, since 1967: GIS and remote sensing analyses

Geomorphology

Volumn 85, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 294-305

  Takagi, T ^a   Oguchi, T ^b   Matsumoto, J ^b   Grossman, M J ^c   Sarker, M H ^d   Matin, M A ^d  

^a JALUX Inc   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

^d Centre for Environmental and Geographic Information Services (CEGIS)   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Braided river; Channel distribution; Dynamic equilibrium; Land cover; Stability change

Indexed keywords

BRAIDED RIVER; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; GIS; LAND COVER; REMOTE SENSING; RIVER SYSTEM; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33847660100     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2006.03.028     Document Type: Article

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