Subsidence and human influences in mega deltas: the case of the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna
Relative sea/land level changes are fundamental to people living in deltas. Net subsidence is complex and attributed to tectonics, compaction, sedimentation and anthropogenic causes. It can have severe impacts and needs to be quantified and where possible (subsidence due to anthropogenic causes) avo...
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2015-09-15.
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