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The meandering Indus, channels: Study in a small area by the multibeam swath bathymetry system - Hydrosweep

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Title The meandering Indus, channels: Study in a small area by the multibeam swath bathymetry system - Hydrosweep
 
Creator Kodagali, V.N.
Jauhari, P.
 
Subject river meanders
river discharge
sediment transport
channel flow
deep-sea fans
multibeam sonar
seafloor mapping
bathymetry
fluvial morphology
 
Description The discharge of sediments by the river Indus has accumulated into a 2500 m thick pile, forming one of the largest deep sea fans in the world. Though there are many reports on channels in different regions of tha fan, we report for the first time the presence of distinct channels far from the mouth of the fan. A multibeam seafloor mapping system, Hydrosweep has been used to trace the channels and determine related physical parameters. The channels are largely comparable in size and shape to some of the world's largest fluvial systems.
 
Date 2009-01-10T11:09:59Z
2009-01-10T11:09:59Z
1999
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Current Science, Vol.76; 240-243p.
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/1777
 
Language en
 
Rights Copyright [1999]. All efforts have been made to respect the copyright to the best of our knowledge. Inadvertent omissions, if brought to our notice, stand for correction and withdrawal of document from this repository.
 
Publisher Current Science Association, Bangalore, India