Large-scale slope failure and active erosion occurring in the southwest Ryukyu fore-arc area
The southwestern Ryukyu area east of Taiwan Island is an arcuate boundary between Philippine Sea Plate and Eurasian Plate. The topographic features in the area are characterised by (1) a large-scale amphitheatre off Ishigaki Island, just on the estimated epicentre of the tsunamigenic earthquake...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2001-01-01
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| Series: | Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences |
| Online Access: | http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/1/203/2001/nhess-1-203-2001.pdf |