The irrawaddy river sediment flux to the Indian ocean: The original nineteenth-century data revisited

Journal of Geology

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 629-640

  Robinson, R A J ^a   Bird, M I ^a   Nay, Win Oo ^a,b   Hoey, T B ^a,c   Maung, Maung Aye ^a,d   Higgitt, D L ^a,e   Lu, X X ^a,e   Aung, Swe ^a,d   Tin, Tun ^a,f   Swe, Lhaing Win ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Geography   (Myanmar)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YANGON   (Myanmar)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^f University of Mawlamyine   (Myanmar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; DATA SET; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; NINETEENTH CENTURY; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; GANGES DELTA; IRRAWADDY RIVER; MYANMAR; SALWEEN RIVER; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 35348815764     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/521607     Document Type: Article

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