Discussion on the genetics and the correlation of river terraces in Taiwan

Journal of the Geological Society of China

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 31-45

  Sung, Quocheng ^a   Lu, Mng Tzu ^a   Tsai, Heng ^b   Liew, Ping Mei ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHANGHUA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Climatic change; Diffusion model; Morphological dating; River terrace

Indexed keywords

RIVER TERRACE;

TAIWAN;

EID: 0031405175     PISSN: 10187057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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