Enormous Ganges-Brahmaputra sediment dischange during strengthened early Holocene monsoon

Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1083-1086

  Goodbred S , Jr ^a   Kuehl, S A ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate effects; Deltaic sedimentation; Ganges Brahmaputra River; River discharge; sediment budget

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BUDGET CONTROL; DIGITAL STORAGE; RIVERS; SEA LEVEL; TROPICS;

BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER; CLIMATE EFFECTS; DELTAIC SEDIMENTATION; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT BUDGETS;

SEDIMENTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DELTA; HOLOCENE; MONSOON; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; SEDIMENT YIELD;

GANGES-BRAHMAPUTRA DELTA; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 84879883967     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2000)28<1083:EGSDDS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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