Late Quaternary Sedimentary Record of Holocene Channel Avulsions of the Brahmaputra River in the Upper Bengal Delta Plain

The first interpretation of the stratigraphic record of Holocene river-channel switching between the Brahmaputra-Jamuna and Old Brahmaputra paleovalleys is presented here in the context of Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) river incision and postglacial sea-level rise. Motivated by the historic diversion o...

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Main Author: Pickering, Jennifer Lynne
Other Authors: Molly F. Miller
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: VANDERBILT 2013
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Online Access:http://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/available/etd-03222013-153922/