The groundwater arsenic contamination in the Bengal Basin-A review in brief

A Sarkar, B Paul, GK Darbha - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
The presence of arsenic in the groundwater of the densely-populated Bengal Basin evolved
as a mass-poisoning agent and is a reason for the misery of millions of people living here …

Sediment delivery to sustain the Ganges-Brahmaputra delta under climate change and anthropogenic impacts

JL Raff, SL Goodbred Jr, JL Pickering… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The principal nature-based solution for offsetting relative sea-level rise in the Ganges-
Brahmaputra delta is the unabated delivery, dispersal, and deposition of the rivers'~ 1 billion …

Sedimentary records of megafloods in the Yarlung Tsangpo Gorge in the eastern Himalaya since the Last Glacial Period

P Wang, H Wang, T Liu, G Hu, J Qin, R Yuan - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
The megaflooding caused by outbursts from Late Quaternary glacially-dammed lakes in the
Yarlung Tsangpo Gorge (YTG) potentially shaped the fluvial landscape and controlled the …

Synthesis of the tectonic and structural elements of the Bengal Basin and its surroundings

MS Hossain, MSH Khan, KR Chowdhury… - Tectonics and structural …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract The Bengal Basin is a collisional foreland basin in South Asia located at the
juncture of the Eurasian, Indian and Burmese Plates occupying Bangladesh and parts of the …

Bangladesh: climate change issues, mitigation, and adaptation in the water sector

SE Haque, N Nahar - ACS ES&T Water, 2023 - ACS Publications
Wide-ranging impacts of a changing climate are already being documented in many parts of
Bangladesh, recognized globally as one of the most susceptible countries to the influences …

Avulsion of the Brahmaputra in Bangladesh during the 18th–19th century: A review based on cartographic and literary evidence

S Bandyopadhyay, S Das, NS Kar - Geomorphology, 2021 - Elsevier
Avulsions involve switching of fluvial discharge through a new channel from an existing
course and occur over varied timeframes ranging from hours to decades. With a peak …

Modeling metamorphosis of the Old Brahmaputra River and associated impacts on landscapes in the Central Bengal Basin, Bangladesh

MN Islam, RN Biswas, SI Mim, MN Islam… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
This study explores causal mechanisms of river metamorphosis and its impacts on regional
landscapes. The study also investigates the implications of metamorphosis on associated …

Integrating geochronologic and instrumental approaches across the Bengal Basin

EL Chamberlain, SL Goodbred, R Hale… - Earth Surface …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Constraining time is of critical importance to evaluating the rates and relative contributions of
processes driving landscape change in sedimentary basins. The geomorphic character of …

100 kyr sedimentary record of Marginal Gangetic Plain: Implications for forebulge tectonics

R Ghosh, P Srivastava, UK Shukla, RK Sehgal… - Palaeogeography …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Gangetic Foreland is a consequence of continent-continent collision and
formation of the Himalayan thrust and fold belt. In the more distal part of the peripheral …

Identifying multiple deep aquifers in the Bengal Basin: implications for resource management

P Ravenscroft, JM McArthur… - Hydrological …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract In the Bengal Basin of Bangladesh and West Bengal (India), where arsenic (As)
and salinity adversely affect groundwater in shallow aquifers (< 150 m deep), consumers …