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Shiro TSUYUZAKI
Plant community ecology / Environmental conservation

Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily

(Update on Feb. 27 2011)

Links on the researches of Mount Usu

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[ Database | Link | References | Geopark | Research | Flora on Mount Usu ]

Database

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How is it on and around Mount Usu?
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References
  • Adikari Y, Kikuchi S, Araya T. 2005. Sedimentation and succession pattern in regenerating primary vegetation governing gully formation in the area devastated by the 2000 eruption of the Mount Usu volcano, in Hokkaido, Japan. Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie, Supplement 140: 103-113
  • Adikari Y, Kikuchi S, Yamada T, Araya T. 2003. The affect of vegetation on gulley formation process in the devastated area of 2000 eruption of Mount Usu volcano in Hokkaido, Japan. Proceeding of the Japanese Geomorphological Union Meeting, Transaction, Japanese Geomorphological Union 24: 341-342
  • Yokoyama I, Yamashita H, Watanabe H, Okada H. 1981. Geophysical characteristics of dacite volcanism -the 1977-1978 eruption of Usu volcano. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 9: 335-358

- Mount Usu, described in Japanese

- Mount Usu, written by ST

- Volcanoes, described in Japanese or English

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GeoPark · EcoMuseum

GeoPark (ジオパーク)

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) defines geopark in Geoparks International Network of Geoparks Program:

  • A territory encompassing one or more sites of scientific importance, not only for geological reasons but also by virtue of its archaeological, ecological or cultural value.

Usu
Walking at a field trip for undergraduate students in 2005 around the crater created by the 2000 eruptions on Mount Usu

EcoMuseum (エコミュージアム)

A museum focuses on the identity of a place to enhance the welfare and development of the communities. Now the definition is becoming diverse.

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