The rate of fluvial incision during tha Late Quaternary period in the Abukuma Mountains, northeast Japan, deduced from tephrochronology

Island Arc

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 199-212

  Yamamoto, Takahiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abukuma Mountains; Geological disposal; Japan; Quaternary; River incision; Tephrochronology

Indexed keywords

DOWNCUTTING; QUATERNARY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ABUKUMA MOUNTAINS; ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; FUKUSHIMA; HONSHU; JAPAN; TOHOKU; WORLD;

EID: 21344449058     PISSN: 10384871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1738.2005.00464.x     Document Type: Article

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