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Page 625
... concept is that landforms in equilibrium must be considered timeless . The idea of dynamic equilibrium is in direct contrast to that of the erosion cycle , which is the notion that the history of a landform is revealed by its stage or ...
... concept is that landforms in equilibrium must be considered timeless . The idea of dynamic equilibrium is in direct contrast to that of the erosion cycle , which is the notion that the history of a landform is revealed by its stage or ...
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... concept it can be said that nature tends to produce the most probable patterns and configurations unless constrained in some way in specific cases . It may be noted that the logic of the posi- tion that hillslopes , drainage networks ...
... concept it can be said that nature tends to produce the most probable patterns and configurations unless constrained in some way in specific cases . It may be noted that the logic of the posi- tion that hillslopes , drainage networks ...
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... concept of rays going from the object to the eye was finally accepted about AD 1000 under the influence of an Arabian mathematician and physicist named Alhazen . Angles of incidence and of refraction - i.e . , the change in direction of ...
... concept of rays going from the object to the eye was finally accepted about AD 1000 under the influence of an Arabian mathematician and physicist named Alhazen . Angles of incidence and of refraction - i.e . , the change in direction of ...
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