Tidal sedimentation of the Sunderban's Thakuran Basin /

Tidal sedimentation of the Sunderban's Thakuran Basin /

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Author / Creator:Das, Gautam Kumar, author.
Imprint:Switzerland : Springer, [2016]
©2017
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
Subject:
River sediments -- Sundarbans (Bangladesh and India)
River sediments.
Asia -- Sundarbans.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11267711
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ISBN:9783319441917
3319441914
9783319441900
3319441906
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
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Summary:This book covers an overview of research on sediment textures, sedimentary structures, sediment composition and bioturbation structures including other aspects of tidal sedimentation. The analytical results for the tidal river sedimentation and essential aspects of relevant field studies along the entire stretch of the Thakuran River are being presented in this book. Filled with interesting results obtained from minutely observations, this book brings together outstanding facts of the tidal river sedimentation and can be considered as a pioneer work on the dynamic estuarine environment of the Sunderbans River. Anyone in academia or NGOs interested in this river basin will find interesting information in this book that will enrich their knowledge on the sedimentation patterns of tidal river systems.
Other form:Print version: Tidal Sedimentation of the Sunderban's Thakuran Basin. [Place of publication not identified] : Springer Verlag 2016 9783319441900
Table of Contents:
  • Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Abbreviations and Units; 1 Thakuran Drainage Basin; Abstract; 1.1 Tectonic Set up; 1.2 Geological Framework; 1.3 The Thakuran Drainage Basin; 1.4 Braiding of the River; 1.5 Formation of Islands; 1.6 Summary; References; 2 Climate and Hydrography; Abstract; 2.1 Wind, Temperature and Rainfall; 2.2 Tropical Cyclones; 2.3 Tides; 2.4 Tidal Flow Regime; 2.5 Summary; References; 3 Geomorphic Environments; Abstract; 3.1 Flow Patterns; 3.2 Geomorphic Environments; 3.3 Geomorphic Divisions; 3.3.1 Description of the Geomorphic Divisions.
  • 3.3.1.1 River Banks or Natural Levees3.3.1.2 Natural Levee/River Bank Morphology; 3.3.1.3 Colour Significance of Stratigraphic Units; 3.3.1.4 Point Bar; 3.3.1.5 ECS Within Point-Bar Deposits; 3.3.1.6 Mid-channel Bar; 3.3.1.7 Swash Platform; 3.3.1.8 Wash-Over Flats; 3.3.1.9 Ebb-Tidal Delta; 3.4 Sand-Body Geometry of the Geomorphic Zone; 3.5 Summary; References; 4 Sediment Composition; Abstract; 4.1 Lithogenic and Biogenic Components; 4.2 Source Rock of River Sediments; 4.3 Summary; References; 5 Mudflats and Tidal Creek Sedimentation; Abstract; 5.1 Physical Parameters of Muddy Sediments.
  • 5.2 Sedimentation Types on Mudflats5.3 Sedimentation on a Tidal Creek; 5.3.1 Mud Ridges; 5.3.2 Mud Microdelta; 5.3.3 Mud Pellets and Mud Lumps; 5.3.4 Wood Clumps on Mudflats; 5.4 Stratification in Tidal Creek Deposits; 5.4.1 Epsilon Cross-Stratification (ECS); 5.4.2 Alternate Sand-Mud Sequence (Heterolithic Sequence); 5.4.3 Convolute Lamination; 5.5 Summary; References; 6 Sediment Texture; Abstract; 6.1 Shape of the Cumulative Curves; 6.1.1 Type I: Cumulative Curves Having Size Range Within 0.0-4.0 phi, i.e. Within Sand Sizes.
  • 6.1.2 Type II: Cumulative Curves Having Size Range Within 2.5-9.5 phi, i.e. Ranging from Fine-Sand to Clay Sizes6.1.3 Type III: Cumulative Curves Having Size Range −1.0-9.0 phi, i.e. Ranging from Very Coarse-Sand to Clay Sizes; 6.2 Inter-relationship Between Grain Size and Morphological Units; 6.3 Classification of Sediment Types; 6.4 Sediment-Trend Matrix of Grain-Size Relations; 6.5 Sediment-Hydrodynamic Relation; 6.6 A Bipartite Model of Grain-Size Distribution; 6.7 Interrelationship of Grain-Size Parameters and River Distance; 6.8 Environment Sensitiveness of Size Parameters; 6.9 Summary

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