Coastal erosion in response to wave dynamics operative in Sagar Island, Sundarban delta, India

Frontiers of Earth Science in China

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-33

  Purkait, Barendra ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Bay of Bengal; Coastal erosion; Sagar Island; Sundarban delta; Wave dynamics

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; COASTAL EROSION; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; HUMID TROPICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; SEASON;

INDIA; SAGAR ISLAND; SUNDARBANS; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 60349086559     PISSN: 20950195     EISSN: 20950209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11707-009-0001-0     Document Type: Article

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