Construction and maintenance of the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna delta: Linking process, morphology, and stratigraphy

Annual Review of Marine Science

Volumn 7, Issue , 2015, Pages 67-88

  Wilson, Carol A ^a   Goodbred, Steven L ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brahmaputra River; delta; fluvial fan delta; fluvial processes, tidal processes, stratigraphy; Ganges River; geomorphology

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORMS; MAINTENANCE; MORPHOLOGY; SEA LEVEL;

BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER; DELTA; FLUVIAL FAN; GANGES RIVER; TIDAL PROCESS;

STRATIGRAPHY;

DISCHARGE; DOMINANCE; FAN DELTA; FLUVIAL LANDFORM; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TIDAL CHANNEL; UPLAND REGION;

CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FLOODING; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PROCEDURES; RIVER; SEDIMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FLOODS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RIVERS;

EID: 84948614982     PISSN: 19411405     EISSN: 19410611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-marine-010213-135032     Document Type: Article

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