Estuarine Morphodynamics of the Sunderbans

• Main Author: Das, Gautam Kumar (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Coastal Research Library, 11
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Oceanography.; Coasts.; Geomorphology.; Marine sciences.; Freshwater.; Earth Sciences.; Coastal Sciences.; Marine & Freshwater Sciences.

This book is the outcome of rigorous and continuous research work done by the author over about three decades on the open ecosystem and dynamic environment of the estuarine Sunderbans. The objective of this work is to identify the field and factors changing gradually upon this active delta over the...

Table of Contents:

• Sunderbans: Physical Aspects and Configurations
• River Systems and Tidal Courses
• Brackish Water
• Substrate Soils
• Coastal Morpho-Dynamics
• Granulometry of Mangrove Sediments
• Estuarine and Coastal Erosions
• Floral Diversity
• Mangrove Ecosystems
• Anthropogenic Interferences
• Changing Environmental Scenario.