Bankline change and the facets of riverine hazards in the floodplain of Subansiri-Ranganadi Doab, Brahmaputra Valley, India

Natural Hazards

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1015-1028

  Das, Apurba Kumar ^a   Sah, Rajesh Kumar ^a   Hazarika, Nabajit ^a  

^a TEZPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bankline shift; Breaches; Ranganadi; Riverine hazards; Subansiri

Indexed keywords

EMBANKMENT; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; GIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IRS (SATELLITE); LISS; RIVER CHANNEL;

ARUNACHAL PRADESH; BRAHMAPUTRA VALLEY; DOABA; INDIA; PUNJAB [INDIA]; SUBANSIRI;

EID: 84867214993     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-012-0283-5     Document Type: Article

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