Rapid formation of river terraces in non-welded ignimbrite along the Hishida River, Kyushu, Japan

Geomorphology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 291-304

  Yokoyama, Shozo ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

High erodibility; Hishida River; Non welded ignimbrite; River terrace

Indexed keywords

ERODIBILITY; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; IGNIMBRITE; RIVER TERRACE;

JAPAN;

EID: 0033390115     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-555X(99)00037-9     Document Type: Article

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