Large-scale slope failure and active erosion occurring in the southwest Ryukyu fore-arc area

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 203-211

  Matsumoto, T ^a   Kimura, M ^b   Nakamura, M ^b   Ono, T ^b  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

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EID: 1142305433     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-1-203-2001     Document Type: Article

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