Geomorphic signatures of deltaic processes and vegetation: The Ganges-Brahmaputra-Jamuna case study

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1838-1849

  Passalacqua, Paola ^a   Lanzoni, Stefano ^b   Paola, Chris ^c   Rinaldo, Andrea ^b,d  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c University of Minnesota   (United States)

^d EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; CLIMATE FORCING; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; DELTA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; VEGETATION; WATER FLOW;

GANGES DELTA;

EID: 84887852462     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrf.20128     Document Type: Article

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