Rapid recession of fault-scarp waterfalls: Six-year changes following the 921 Chi-Chi Earthquake in Taiwan

Chikei/Transactions, Japanese Geomorphological Union

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-13

  Hayakawa, Yuichi S ^a   Matsuta, Nobuhisa ^b   Matsukura, Yukinori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Active fault; Bedrock erosion; Knickpoint; Recession rate; Taiwan; Waterfall

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; BANK EROSION; BEDROCK; CHI-CHI EARTHQUAKE 1999; FAULT SCARP; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; WATERFALL;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 60649096062     PISSN: 03891755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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