Reexamination of a predictive equation of waterfall recession rates in Boso Peninsula, Chiba Prefecture, Japan

Geographical Review of Japan

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 265-275

  Hayakawa, Yuichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Boso Peninsula; Erosion rate; Fluvial landform; Rock control; Waterfall recession

Indexed keywords

FLUVIAL LANDFORM; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; WATERFALL;

ASIA; BOSO PENINSULA; CHIBA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; WORLD;

EID: 19844370187     PISSN: 13479555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4157/grj.78.265     Document Type: Article

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