Karst terrain of raised coral islands, Minamidaito and Kikai in the Nansei Islands of Japan

Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie, Supplementband

Volumn 131, Issue , 2003, Pages 17-31

  Urushibara Yoshino, Kazuko ^a,b  

^a Hosei University ^*

^b HOSEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOLL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORAL REEF; ISLAND; KARST; KARSTIFICATION; LIMESTONE; TOPOGRAPHY; UPLIFT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KAGOSHIMA [KYUSHU]; KIKAI ISLAND; KYUSHU; MINAMIDAITO ISLAND; RYUKYU ISLANDS;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 33845730302     PISSN: 00442798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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