Channel migration zone mapping of the River Ganga in the Diara surrounding region of Eastern India

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 2181-2203

  Mukherjee, Kaustuv ^a   Pal, Swades ^b  

^a VISVA BHARATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOUR BANGA   (India)

Author keywords

Channel migration; Diara; Erosion buffer; Historical migration zone; Remote sensing; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK; ALLUVIAL PLAIN; BUFFER ZONE; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; GIS; REMOTE SENSING; RIVER BED; RIVER CHANNEL; RIVER FLOW;

BENGAL; BIHAR; GANGES RIVER; INDIA; MAHARASHTRA; NAGPUR; RAJMAHAL HILLS;

EID: 85020167982     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: 15732975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10668-017-9984-y     Document Type: Article

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