Conceptual assessment of (dis)connectivity and its application to the Ganga River dispersal system

Geomorphology

Volumn 118, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 349-358

  Jain, Vikrant ^a   Tandon, S K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Connectivity index; Ganga River, India; River response; Sediment water fluxes; Types of connectivity

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONNECTIVITY; DISPERSION; GRAPHICAL METHOD; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIONUCLIDE; RIVER SYSTEM; RIVER WATER; SEDIMENT BUDGET; WATER CHEMISTRY;

GANGES RIVER; INDIA;

EID: 77952887680     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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