Flared Slopes, Footslopes, and the Retreat of Overhanging Slopes: Examples of Convergent Landform Development

Physical Geography

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 321-334

  Ollier, Clifford D ^a   Bourman, Robert P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Convergent landforms; Flared slopes; Footslopes; Subaerial weathering; Subsurface weathering

Indexed keywords

GRANITE; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; SAPROLITE; SUBAERIAL EXPOSURE; WEATHERING;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0141527551     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3646.23.4.321     Document Type: Article

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