Fluvial response to rapid episodic erosion by earthquake and typhoons, Tachia River, central Taiwan

Geomorphology

Volumn 175-176, Issue , 2012, Pages 126-138

  Huang, Michelle Y F ^a   Montgomery, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel response; Earthquake; Erosion; Landslide; Typhoon

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; CHI-CHI EARTHQUAKE 1999; EPISODIC EVENT; EROSION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HILLSLOPE; LANDSLIDE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEDIMENTATION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TIMESCALE; TYPHOON;

TACHIA RIVER; TAIWAN;

TACHIA;

EID: 84866349750     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.07.004     Document Type: Article

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