Piecing together the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna River delta: Use of sediment provenance to reconstruct the history and interaction of multiple fluvial systems during Holocene delta evolution

2014 ◽  
Vol 126 (11-12) ◽  
pp. 1495-1510 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven L. Goodbred ◽  
Penny M. Paolo ◽  
Mohammad Shahid Ullah ◽  
Russell D. Pate ◽  
Sirajur R. Khan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
River Delta ◽  
Sediment Provenance ◽  
Fluvial Systems ◽  
Delta Evolution ◽  
The Ganges ◽  
Meghna River Delta

Transboundary groundwater of the Ganges–Brahmaputra–Meghna River delta system

2021 ◽  
pp. 129-141
Author(s):  
Madhumita Chakraborty ◽  
Abhijit Mukherjee ◽  
Kazi Matin Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
River Delta ◽  
Delta System ◽  
The Ganges ◽  
Meghna River Delta

scholarly journals Effects of tectonic deformation and sea level on river path selection: Theory and application to the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna River Delta

2015 ◽  
Vol 120 (4) ◽  
pp. 671-689 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meredith D. Reitz ◽  
Jennifer L. Pickering ◽  
Steven L. Goodbred ◽  
Chris Paola ◽  
Michael S. Steckler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level ◽  
Path Selection ◽  
River Delta ◽  
Tectonic Deformation ◽  
Selection Theory ◽  
The Ganges ◽  
Meghna River Delta ◽  
And Sea Level

INFLUENCES OF HURRICANES, FLOODS, AND ORGANIC PRODUCTION ON RIVER DELTA EVOLUTION

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Crawford White ◽  
◽  
Samuel J. Bentley ◽  
Samuel J. Bentley ◽  
Kehui Xu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Organic Production ◽  
River Delta ◽  
Delta Evolution

scholarly journals Hydrostratigraphy and Its Relation to Ground-Water Potentiality of an Area of the Ganges River Delta in Bangladesh

2016 ◽  
Vol 04 (01) ◽  
pp. 10-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Shahinuzzaman ◽  
Sajib Mostafa ◽  
Khan M. Nasir Uddin ◽  
M. Khairul Islam ◽  
Md. Alibuddin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ground Water ◽  
River Delta ◽  
Ganges River ◽  
The Ganges

Influence of growth faults on coastal fluvial systems: Examples from the late Miocene to Recent Mississippi River Delta

2014 ◽  
Vol 301 ◽  
pp. 120-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Armstrong ◽  
David Mohrig ◽  
Thomas Hess ◽  
Terra George ◽  
Kyle M. Straub
Keyword(s):  
Late Miocene ◽  
Mississippi River ◽  
River Delta ◽  
Mississippi River Delta ◽  
Fluvial Systems

scholarly journals Satellite Imaging Improves Study of Sinking River Deltas

Eos ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 96 ◽  
Author(s):  
JoAnna Wendel
Keyword(s):  
River Delta ◽  
Brahmaputra River ◽  
Satellite Imaging ◽  
River Deltas ◽  
The Ganges ◽  
Accurate Reading

Researchers know that the Ganges-Brahmaputra river delta is sinking. Now they have an accurate reading on the rate of subsidence.

Evolution of the Ofanto River delta from the ‘Little Ice Age’ to modern times: Implications of large-scale synoptic patterns

The Holocene ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (12) ◽  
pp. 1948-1967 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincenzo De Santis ◽  
Massimo Caldara ◽  
Antonella Marsico ◽  
Domenico Capolongo ◽  
Luigi Pennetta
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Low Pressure ◽  
River Delta ◽  
Ice Age ◽  
Aerial Photographs ◽  
Anthropogenic Factors ◽  
Synoptic Patterns ◽  
Delta Evolution ◽  
Circulation Mode

We reconstruct the evolution of the Ofanto River delta from the 17th century to the present using historical maps (1600–1850), official IGM topographic maps (1850–1980) and recent aerial photographs (2015), and we compare long-term morphological changes with the evolution of the delta of the Volturno River during the same time period. The aim of this study is to define the role of climatic (flood frequency, synoptic pressure patterns) and anthropogenic factors (deforestation, anthropogenic sediment subtraction of river sediment) in the evolution of the Ofanto delta. We analysed the importance of each factor on the evolution of the delta and compared them with the simultaneous behaviour of the Volturno delta to highlight the role of large-scale synoptic pressure patterns. We found that the main driver of different delta evolution phases is weather-climatic condition, while anthropogenic factors interacted with the delta evolution in different ways but did not control the first-order evolution. In particular, analysing the data on recent floods, we found that the most favourable situations for both rivers are omega-blocking, deep low-pressure trough and strong meridional circulation (mode Ω) which create Mediterranean low-pressure systems. Instead, a zonal circulation (mode W) can only cause floods on Volturno. Because the evolution of a delta is driven by the frequency of floods, and because we found that the frequency of floods is guided by synoptic patterns, a relationship can be established between delta evolution and synoptic patterns in the past. Consequently, past phases of the contemporary progradation of the Ofanto and Volturno deltas suggest the increasing frequency of mode Ω, while phases of simultaneous progradation of the Volturno delta and stability and/or retreat of the Ofanto delta are indicative of the increasing frequency of mode W. The only exception occurred during the last evolutionary phase (60 years), when anthropogenic sediment subtraction was prevalent.

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