Debris flow and hyperconcentrated flood-flow deposits in an alluvial fan, northwestern part of the Cretaceous Yongdong Basin, Central Korea

Journal of Geology

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 111-132

  Sohn, Young Kwan ^c   Rhee, Chul Woo ^a,c   Kim, Bok Chul ^b,c  

^a Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Geosceince and Mineral Resources   (South Korea)

^c Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; DEBRIS FLOW; FLOOD DEPOSIT;

KOREA; YONGDONG BASIN;

EID: 0032977151     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314334     Document Type: Article

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