Chapter 12. Tectonic Geomorphology Introduction Tectonic Drivers Base Level Uplift Density and Thermal Contrasts Tectonic Settings Orogens Rifts Continental



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Photo 12.14 Structural landforms exposed by erosion. A. Monocline in southeastern SE Utah. Note low fluvial terrace on left and talus slope in distance. Photo by M. Miller GEOMORPH000000136. B) Cuesta is the steep escarpment to the right and the gentle slope extending to the left of the image, parallel to the dip of underlying sandstone. Northern end of Melville Peninsula, Canada. Photo by Geological Survey of Canada. http://gsc.nrcan.gc.ca/landscapes/details_e.php?photoID=745. C) Hogback of resistant rock in the Colorado Plateau. Photo by J. Zupancic from http://academic.emporia.edu/aberjame/field/rocky_mt/rocky.htm D) Mt. Connor, a mesa in the Northern Territory of Australia. Photo by P. Bierman. GEOMORPH0000000046.




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