Processes of delta formation in the mouth area of the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers

Water Resources

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 385-400

  Mikhailov, V N ^a   Dotsenko, M A ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HISTORY; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; RIVERS;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ALLUVIAL FAN; HOLOCENE; RIVER CHANNEL; SEDIMENT BUDGET;

ASIA; BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER; EURASIA; GANGES RIVER; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34547109128     PISSN: 00978078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0097807807040033     Document Type: Article

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