Geomorphic change in the Ganges–Brahmaputra–Meghna delta

A Paszkowski, S Goodbred Jr, E Borgomeo… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2021 - nature.com
More than 70% of large deltas are under threat from rising sea levels, subsidence and
anthropogenic interferences, including the Ganges–Brahmaputra–Meghna (GBM) delta, the …

Synthesis of the distribution of subsidence of the lower Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta, Bangladesh

MS Steckler, B Oryan, CA Wilson, C Grall… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Deltas, the low-lying land at river mouths, are sensitive to the delicate balance between sea
level rise, land subsidence and sedimentation. Bangladesh and the Ganges-Brahmaputra …

Island area changes in the Sundarban region of the abandoned western Ganga–Brahmaputra–Meghna Delta, India and Bangladesh

S Bandyopadhyay, NS Kar, S Dasgupta, D Mukherjee… - Geomorphology, 2023 - Elsevier
Delta shapes are governed by relative dominance of wave, tidal, and fluvial processes,
while their coastline changes primarily depend on activation and abandonment of …

Contribution of campaign GNSS toward parsing subsidence rates by time and depth in coastal Bangladesh

MS Steckler, MH Jaman, CJ Grall… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Coastal regions are vulnerable to rising seas, increasing storm magnitude, and decimation
of ecologically-fragile areas. Deltas are particularly sensitive to the balance between sea …

Bangladesh: climate change issues, mitigation, and adaptation in the water sector

SE Haque, N Nahar - ACS ES&T Water, 2023 - ACS Publications
Wide-ranging impacts of a changing climate are already being documented in many parts of
Bangladesh, recognized globally as one of the most susceptible countries to the influences …

Does load‐induced shallow subsidence inhibit delta growth?

EL Chamberlain, Z Shen, W Kim… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The ability of deltas to persist by building new land is critical to maintaining these vital
ecologic environments that are often home to major economic and population centers …

Cascading hazards of a major Bengal basin earthquake and abrupt avulsion of the Ganges River

EL Chamberlain, SL Goodbred, MS Steckler… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Earthquakes present severe hazards for people and economies and can be primary drivers
of landscape change yet their impact to river-channel networks remains poorly known. Here …

Avulsion of the Brahmaputra in Bangladesh during the 18th–19th century: A review based on cartographic and literary evidence

S Bandyopadhyay, S Das, NS Kar - Geomorphology, 2021 - Elsevier
Avulsions involve switching of fluvial discharge through a new channel from an existing
course and occur over varied timeframes ranging from hours to decades. With a peak …

Chronostratigraphic and palaeogeographic interpretation of Nakdong deltaic sequences in the south-eastern Korean Peninsula

JC Kim, DG Yoo, SH Hong, HH Yoon, S Shin… - Palaeogeography …, 2021 - Elsevier
We investigated the chronostratigraphy of six boreholes in the Nakdong River delta area in
South Korea based on optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) and 14 C dating. The …

Modeling metamorphosis of the Old Brahmaputra River and associated impacts on landscapes in the Central Bengal Basin, Bangladesh

MN Islam, RN Biswas, SI Mim, MN Islam… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
This study explores causal mechanisms of river metamorphosis and its impacts on regional
landscapes. The study also investigates the implications of metamorphosis on associated …