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The geographic cycle, or cycle of erosion, is an idealized model that explains the development of relief in landscapes. [1] The model starts with the erosion that follows uplift of land above a base level and ends, if conditions allow, in the formation of a peneplain . [ 1 ]
Erosion and changes in the form of river banks may be measured by inserting metal rods into the bank and marking the position of the bank surface along the rods at different times. [23] Thermal erosion is the result of melting and weakening permafrost due to moving water. [24] It can occur both along rivers and at the coast.
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In geology and geomorphology a base level is the lower limit for an erosion process. [1] The modern term was introduced by John Wesley Powell in 1875. [1] The term was subsequently appropriated by William Morris Davis who used it in his cycle of erosion theory.
Though the cycle of erosion was a crucial early contribution to the development of geomorphology, many of Davis' theories regarding landscape evolution, sometimes termed 'Davisian geomorphology', were heavily criticized by later geomorphologists. When Davis retired from Harvard in 1911, the study of landscape evolution was nearly monopolized by ...
Denudation chronology revolves around episodes of landscape-wide erosion, better known as denudation. The cycle of erosion model is a common approach used to establish denudation chronologies. [ 1 ]
In the cycle of erosion model, knickpoints advance one cycle upstream, or inland, replacing an older cycle. [1] A knickpoint that occurs at the head (furthest upstream extent) of a channel is called a headcut. [2] Headcuts resulting in headward erosion are hallmarks of unstable expanding drainage features such as actively eroding gullies. [3]
Walther Penck (30 August 1888 – 29 September 1923) was a geologist [1] and geomorphologist [1] known for his theories on landscape evolution. Penck is noted for criticizing key elements of the Davisian cycle of erosion, concluding that the process of uplift and denudation occur simultaneously, at gradual and continuous rates. [2]