Texture and mineralogy of sediments from the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna river system in the Bengal Basin, Bangladesh and their environmental implications

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• Publication year

  1997

• Venue

  Environmental Geology

• Publication date

  1997-04-16

• Fields of study

  Geology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1007/S002540050145
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