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 …

Autogenic sedimentation in clastic stratigraphy

EA Hajek, KM Straub - Annual Review of Earth and Planetary …, 2017 - annualreviews.org
Internally generated, or autogenic, terrestrial and marine sediment-transport dynamics can
produce depositional patterns similar to those associated with climatic, tectonic, or sea level …

Sediment delivery to sustain the Ganges-Brahmaputra delta under climate change and anthropogenic impacts

JL Raff, SL Goodbred Jr, JL Pickering… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The principal nature-based solution for offsetting relative sea-level rise in the Ganges-
Brahmaputra delta is the unabated delivery, dispersal, and deposition of the rivers'~ 1 billion …

[HTML][HTML] Subsidence and human influences in mega deltas: the case of the Ganges–Brahmaputra–Meghna

S Brown, RJ Nicholls - Science of the Total Environment, 2015 - Elsevier
Relative sea/land level changes are fundamental to people living in deltas. Net subsidence
is complex and attributed to tectonics, compaction, sedimentation and anthropogenic …

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 …

Synthesis of the tectonic and structural elements of the Bengal Basin and its surroundings

MS Hossain, MSH Khan, KR Chowdhury… - Tectonics and structural …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract The Bengal Basin is a collisional foreland basin in South Asia located at the
juncture of the Eurasian, Indian and Burmese Plates occupying Bangladesh and parts of the …

Geodynamic model and tectono-structural framework of the Bengal Basin and its surroundings

MS Hossain, W Xiao, MSH Khan, KR Chowdhury… - Journal of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
We present a brief, but precise description of the geodynamic evolution, and tectono-
structural framework of the Bengal Basin. The tectonic map (Main Map) at 1: 12, 50,000 …

[HTML][HTML] The planform mobility of river channel confluences: Insights from analysis of remotely sensed imagery

SJ Dixon, GHS Smith, JL Best, AP Nicholas… - Earth-Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
River channel confluences are widely acknowledged as important geomorphological nodes
that control the downstream routing of water and sediment, and which are locations for the …

Accelerated river avulsion frequency on lowland deltas due to sea-level rise

AJ Chadwick, MP Lamb, V Ganti - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Sea-level rise, subsidence, and reduced fluvial sediment supply are causing river deltas to
drown worldwide, affecting ecosystems and billions of people. Abrupt changes in river …

Experimental river delta size set by multiple floods and backwater hydrodynamics

V Ganti, AJ Chadwick, HJ Hassenruck-Gudipati… - Science …, 2016 - science.org
River deltas worldwide are currently under threat of drowning and destruction by sea-level
rise, subsidence, and oceanic storms, highlighting the need to quantify their growth …