Erosion rates of waterfalls in post-volcanic fluvial systems around Aso volcano, southwestern Japan

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 801-812

  Hayakawa, Yuichi S ^a   Yokoyama, Shozo ^b   Matsukura, Yukinori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fluvial erosion; Ignimbrite; Knickpoints; Recession rate; Rock resistance; Waterfall

Indexed keywords

EROSION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; RIVERS; TOPOGRAPHY; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

BEDROCK RIVER EROSION; EROSION RATES; FLUVIAL EROSION; POST-VOLCANIC FLUVIAL SYSTEMS; WATERFALL RECESSION; WATERFALLS;

VOLCANOES;

EROSION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; RIVERS; TOPOGRAPHY; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES;

BEDROCK; EROSION RATE; FLUVIAL LANDFORM; IGNIMBRITE; WATERFALL;

ASIA; ASO VOLCANO; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; KUMAMOTO; KYUSHU;

EID: 42949130285     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1615     Document Type: Article

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