Flood risk of natural and embanked landscapes on the Ganges–Brahmaputra tidal delta plain

2014/12/22 by L. W. Auerbach, L. Wallace Auerbach, S. L. Goodbred Jr +14 · 2 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Climate change #Coastal and Marine Dynamics #Coastal flood #Coastal plain #Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics #Delta #Ecology #Elevation (ballistics) #Environmental science #Estuary #Flood Risk Assessment and Management #Flood myth #Flooding (psychology) #Floodplain #Geography #Geology #Geomorphology #Hydrology (agriculture) #Levee #Mangrove #Oceanography #River delta #Sea level #Sea level rise #Sediment #Sedimentation #Tidal range

paper · doi:10.1038/nclimate2472

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Citations

• Common allometric equations for estimating the tree weight of mangroves
• Sinking deltas due to human activities
• The significance of large sediment supply, active tectonism, and eustasy on margin sequence development: Late Quaternary stratigraphy and evolution of the Ganges–Brahmaputra delta
• Stratigraphic evolution of the late Holocene Ganges–Brahmaputra lower delta plain
• Modern sediment supply to the lower delta plain of the Ganges-Brahmaputra River in Bangladesh

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• Tidal river management in the south west Ganges-Brahmaputra delta in Bangladesh: Moving towards a transdisciplinary approach?
• Ganges Delta [wikipedia]