@article{oai:tokyo-metro-u.repo.nii.ac.jp:00003099,
 author = {UTSUGAWA, Takako and SHIRAI, Masaaki},
 journal = {Geographical reports of Tokyo Metropolitan University},
 month = {},
 note = {The Noshiro coastal dune in Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, is classified
as a superpositioning coastal dune and consists of five basic units composed of three
aeolian sand units bounded by layers of humic soil. Topographical map survey on study
area situated south of the Yoneshiro River revealed differences in topographical characteristics
between the northern part of the dune and the southern part. In addition, field survey
revealed differences in the number of humic soil layers in both the northern and southern
parts of the dune. These differences cannot be entirely explained by the commonly accepted
interpretation that crustal movement caused a dipping to the northeast in the vicinity of the
research area. Another possible interpretation for the differences is explored here; that a shortage in
the sedimentary supply from the beach to the southern coastal dune, which decreases southward
from the Yoneshiro river mouth, promoted the formation of barchans. These are recognizable in
topographic maps of the study area, and their accumulation has given the southern coastal dune a
complex structure., Article},
 pages = {1--11},
 title = {A STUDY OF THE FORMATION PROCESS OF THE NOSHIRO COASTAL DUNE, AKITA PREFECTURE, NORTHEASTERN JAPAN},
 volume = {48},
 year = {2013}
}