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... Evolution Landform evolution is a descriptive term that may be applied to all changes in the earth's surface features throughout time . In the broad sense , such changes are a consequence of the interaction of two basic processes ...
... Evolution Landform evolution is a descriptive term that may be applied to all changes in the earth's surface features throughout time . In the broad sense , such changes are a consequence of the interaction of two basic processes ...
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... evolutionary scheme . In summary , the cycle of erosion as the first great syn- thesis of landform evolution theory , was widely accepted as the explanation of landforms and their origins in the past . Its chief virtue was its ...
... evolutionary scheme . In summary , the cycle of erosion as the first great syn- thesis of landform evolution theory , was widely accepted as the explanation of landforms and their origins in the past . Its chief virtue was its ...
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... evolution must be considered a search for constraints , these constraints be- ing the conditions that lead to departure from equilibrium forms . In this sense , however , modern studies of land- form evolution still can treat the ...
... evolution must be considered a search for constraints , these constraints be- ing the conditions that lead to departure from equilibrium forms . In this sense , however , modern studies of land- form evolution still can treat the ...
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