Shifting of the Padma River in Shibganj Upazila of Chapai Nawabganj district, Bangladesh

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 793-800

  Yeasmin, Shabiha ^a   Kabir, Sohail ^a   Asaduzzaman, A T M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJSHAHI   (Bangladesh)

^b Geological Survey of Bangladesh   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Bank erosion; Erosion rates; Padma River; River shifting

Indexed keywords

BANK EROSION; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; EROSION RATE; FLOODING; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; NEOTECTONICS; RIVER BANK; RIVER ENGINEERING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; GANGES RIVER; SOUTH ASIA;

NELUMBO NUCIFERA;

EID: 38649116958     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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