Post-volcanic erosion rate of Shomyo Falls in Tateyama, central Japan

Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography

Volumn 90 A, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 65-74

  Hayakawa, Yuichi S ^a   Obanawa, Hiroyuki ^b   Matsukura, Yukinori ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fluvial erosion; Knickzone; Pyroclastic flow; Waterfall recession rate

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; BEDROCK; EROSION RATE; FLUVIAL PROCESS; PLEISTOCENE; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATERFALL;

ASIA; CHUBU; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; SHOMYO FALLS; TATEYAMA MOUNTAINS; TOYAMA [CHUBU];

EID: 40449125258     PISSN: 04353676     EISSN: 14680459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0459.2008.00334.x     Document Type: Article

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