Supply and removal of sediment in a landslide-dominated mountain belt: Central Range, Taiwan

Journal of Geology

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 73-89

  Hovius, Niels ^a   Stark, Colin P ^a,b   Hao Tsu, Chu ^a,c   Jiun Chuan, Lin ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LANDSLIDE; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

TAIWAN;

EID: 0033997871     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314387     Document Type: Article

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