Geomorphology of Papua New Guinea |
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Introduction | 1 |
Regional Geomorphology | 16 |
Landform Types | 36 |
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active alluvial plain altitude altitudinal anticline barrier reef central ranges channels clastic climatic coastline cone karst coral cover dense deposition developed dissected doline karst drainage dunes earthquake east erosion erosional eruption extensive fan surface fluvial Fly Platform Fold Belt formation formed geomorphic geomorphological glacial gradient Granodiorite gravel Haantjens highlands homoclinal ridges humid tropical Huon incision intramontane basins Island karst karst area karst landforms Kaugel Lake Trist land landscape limestone Löffler lower lowlands Madang major mangrove Markham Markham River mass movement meander metamorphic Miocene Mt Giluwe Mt Hagen Mt Lamington Mt Wilhelm mudflows Müller anticline north coast northern occur Owen Stanley Ranges Papua New Guinea pattern Plate plateau Pleistocene Pliocene Port Moresby present processes rain forest relatively relict surface Saruwaged Range sea level sedimentary rocks sediments Sepik River siltstone slope wash slumps soil southern fold steep streams structural summit tectonic terraces ultrabasic uplift volcanoes Wahgi zone