River bank erosion hazard study of river Ganga, upstream of Farakka barrage using remote sensing and GIS

Natural Hazards

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 967-987

  Thakur, Praveen K ^a   Laha, Chalantika ^b   Aggarwal, S P ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING   (India)

^b Geo informatics and Remote Sensing Govt of West Bengal ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Farakka; Ganges river; Remote sensing; River bank erosion; River morphometric change

Indexed keywords

BANK EROSION; BRAIDED RIVER; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; GIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IRS (SATELLITE); LANDSAT; MORPHOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; RIVER BANK; RIVER FLOW; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

FARAKKA BARRAGE; GANGES RIVER; INDIA; RAJMAHAL BASIN; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 84858797401     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-011-9944-z     Document Type: Article

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