Recession rate of Poudre Falls in Rocky Mountain Front Range, Colorado, USA

Geographical Review of Japan

Volumn 78, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 853-858

  Hayakawa, Yuichi S ^a   Wohl, Ellen E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Colorado State University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Deglaciation; Fluvial erosion; Knickpoint; Rock control; Waterfall recession

Indexed keywords

EROSION RATE; WATERFALL;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; POUDRE FALLS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 27844587703     PISSN: 13479555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4157/grj.78.853     Document Type: Article

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