Landform Evolution in AustralasiaPapers by J.M. Bowler and B.G. Thorn separately annotated. |
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... erosion surfaces and high plains . What sort of surface or surfaces are we dealing with ? ( a ) Peneplains The writers early in the century used the recently introduced term ' peneplain ' to describe erosion surfaces which had low ...
... erosion surfaces and high plains . What sort of surface or surfaces are we dealing with ? ( a ) Peneplains The writers early in the century used the recently introduced term ' peneplain ' to describe erosion surfaces which had low ...
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... erosion surface in discussing the origin of the Eastern Highlands , whether ... surfaces , there is no way of determining the details of formation , and ... erosion surface . The survival of such ancient landscapes was challenged by ...
... erosion surface in discussing the origin of the Eastern Highlands , whether ... surfaces , there is no way of determining the details of formation , and ... erosion surface . The survival of such ancient landscapes was challenged by ...
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... erosion in creating the basic landscape ; the duricrust alone does not provide incontrovertible evidence . ( h ) Summary of erosion surfaces Many kinds of erosion surface have been postulated in eastern Australia and undoubtedly ...
... erosion in creating the basic landscape ; the duricrust alone does not provide incontrovertible evidence . ( h ) Summary of erosion surfaces Many kinds of erosion surface have been postulated in eastern Australia and undoubtedly ...
Contents
Introduction by R W GALLOWAY | 1 |
Landform Inheritance in the Central Highlands of Papua | 48 |
Quaternary Climate and Tectonics in the Evolution of the Riverine Plain | 75 |
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Aust backing hillslope Barmah basalt basin Bass Strait beach ridges bedrock pediment surface boulders carbonate catchment caves cent central highlands channel clay climatic coast deposits depressions discharge drainage east eastern Australia Echuca environments erosion evidence evolution flow fluvial footslope forms Geogr Geol geomorphic geomorphology glacial Goulburn River granitic pediments gravel Holocene horizon inselbergs Island Jennings Kanyapella karst Kotupna Complex Lake landforms landscape limestone lower Mabbutt mantle material meander metres minerals morphology mountain nickline occur Papua New Guinea pediment periglacial phase piedmont planation platforms Pleistocene point-bars present prior streams processes progradation quartz radiocarbon rainfall region Riverine Plain rock runoff sand sea level Shepparton shore shoreline silica silica concentrations silts slope soil solution South southern subaerial subsurface suggests Tallygaroopna Tasman Sea tectonic tephras Tertiary timberline transgressive dune Twidale uplift valleys variations volcanic weathering front western Zealand zone