Planform development of the Meghna Estuary in Bangladesh

River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics: RCEM 2007 - Proceedings of the 5th IAHR Symposium on River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 129-135

  Sokolewicz, M ^a   Zhang, G ^a,b   Louters, T ^a  

^a ROYAL HASKONINGDHV   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANGLADESH; COASTAL SYSTEMS; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; DRY SEASONS; MORPHOLOGICAL BEHAVIOR; PHYSICAL PROCESS; PLANFORM; RIVER SYSTEMS; SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION; TIDAL CURRENTS; TIDAL PUMPING;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; OCEAN CURRENTS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

ESTUARIES;

EID: 84863233050     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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