Monsoon sedimentation on the 'abandoned' tide-influenced Ganges-Brahmaputra delta plain

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 131, Issue , 2013, Pages 297-309

  Rogers, Kimberly G ^a   Goodbred, Steven L ^a   Mondal, Dhiman R ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Deltaic sedimentation; Ganges Brahmaputra River; Mangroves; Radioisotopes; Sea level changes; Sundarbans

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; DELTA; DELTAIC SEDIMENTATION; ELEVATION; HOLOCENE; MANGROVE; MONSOON; RADIONUCLIDE; SEA LEVEL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTATION; SUBSIDENCE;

BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER; GANGES RIVER; SUNDARBANS;

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 84883773953     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2013.07.014     Document Type: Article

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