Trends in deltaic change over three decades in the Asia-Pacific region

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1169-1183

  Shearman, P ^a,b   Bryan, J ^a,c   Walsh, J P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA   (Papua New Guinea)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

deltas; Fly; Irrawaddy; Kikori; Mangroves; Mekong; Purari; sea level change; Sundarbans

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; DEFORESTATION; DELTA; LANDSAT; MANGROVE; MORPHODYNAMICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STORM; SUBSIDENCE;

FLY RIVER; GANGES DELTA; GULF; IRRAWADDY RIVER; KIKORI RIVER; MEKONG DELTA; MYANMAR; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC RIM; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PURARI RIVER; SUNDARBANS; VIET NAM;

EID: 84883820991     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-12-00120.1     Document Type: Article

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