Effective discharge for suspended sediment transport of the Ganga River and its geomorphic implication

Geomorphology

Volumn 227, Issue , 2014, Pages 18-30

  Roy, N G ^a   Sinha, R ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Effective discharge; Geomorphic effectiveness; Sediment transport; Western Ganga alluvial plains

Indexed keywords

AGGRADATION; ALLUVIAL PLAIN; INCISED VALLEY; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

GANGES RIVER; GANGETIC PLAIN;

EID: 84908317061     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.04.029     Document Type: Article

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