INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GEOMORPHOLOGISTS
Gallery of landform images
Glacial and Periglacial Landforms of the Japanese Alps Text & Photo:
© 2002 by Gonçalo Vieira (Portugal)

Fig. 1
Figure 1 - Mass movements in the Kurobe gorge

Fig. 2
Figure 2 - Small rockglacier, protalus rampart and glacieret in the Kuranosuke cirque (ca. 2700 m a.s.l.)

Fig. 3
Figure 3 - Very active slopes near Mt. Masago (ca. 2800 m a.s.l.), Kuranosuke cirque area.

Fig. 4
Figure 4 - Small sorted nets in the Norikura Volcano (ca. 2600 m a.s.l.)

Fig. 5
Figure 5 - Yakedake Volcano with fumaroles and the Kamikochi valley

Fig. 6
Figure 6 - The alluvial plain of the Kamikochi valley

Fig. 7
Figure 7 - Debris-flow protection dam at Kamikochi basin

Fig. 8
Figure 8 - Debris-flow track in the Kamikochi valley. Note the damage in the trees from the debris-flow activity that took place in 1998

Fig. 9
Figure 9 - Mount Hoken area (2993 m a.s.l.). Pinus pumila scrub adapted to strong winds and cold conditions

Fig. 10
Figure 10 - Kiso-Komagatake mountain area (ca. 2900 m a.s.l.)

Fig. 11
Figure 11 - Experimental site for monitoring periglacial dynamics at Mt. Ainodake (3189 m a.s.l.) (photo: A. Ikeda)

Fig. 12
Figure 12 - The group in an avalanche track in the Mt. Fuji. Note the protection wall in the background

Fig. 13
Figure 13 - Lava tunnel, Narusawa Ice Cave (Mt. Fuji area)

Fig. 14
Figure 14 - Fumaroles, Hakone Volcano

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