Contributions of a Strengthened Early Holocene Monsoon and Sediment Loading to Present‐Day Subsidence of the Ganges‐Brahmaputra Delta

Abstract The contribution of subsidence to relative sea level rise in the Ganges‐Brahmaputra delta (GBD) is largely unknown and may considerably enhance exposure of the Bengal Basin populations to sea level rise and storm surges. This paper focuses on estimating the present‐day subsidence induced by...

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Main Authors: M. Karpytchev, V. Ballu, Y. Krien, M. Becker, S. Goodbred, G. Spada, S. Calmant, C. K. Shum, Z. Khan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2018-02-01
Series:Geophysical Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GL076388
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