Siddhartha Kumar Lahiri

The Brahmaputra River in Assam (eBook, ePUB)

Geomorphology, Hazards, and Natural Resources

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Using a multidisciplinary approach, GIS, and geospatial data gathered from different case studies included, this book helps readers develop a thorough understanding of a highly dynamic big river, the Brahmaputra.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000809640
• Artikelnr.: 66291389

Autorenporträt

Siddhartha Kumar Lahiri is an associate professor and coordinator at the Department of Applied Geology in Dibrugarh University, Assam, India. He joined the ONGC as a Surface Geophysicist in 1985 to explore basin scale oil prospects in the Brahmaputra and Barak valleys of Assam. In 1993, he joined Dibrugarh University, India, as a faculty member and he was subsequently instrumental in developing the Applied Geophysics Program at the university. He earned his PhD from IIT Kanpur on basin evolution, morpho-tectonics and fluvial processes in the Brahmaputra River system. Presently, he is engaged with connecting surface processes with different scales of subsurface geophysics.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction. 2. A quick review: Geoscientific understanding of the
Brahmaputra Valley. 3. Tools and methods: A brief appraisal. 4. Fluvial
dynamics and the changing interfluves. 5. Quaternary geomorphology, shallow
subsurface stratigraphy and neotectonics. 6. Basin evolution and fluvial
dynamics. 7. Bed-bank relationship and flood vulnerability. 8. The golden
corridor. 9. Epilogue. Appendix 1: Field visit. Appendix 2: Tables.
Glossary. References. Index.