A piedmonttreppen, or piedmont benchland, is a conceived landform consisting of a succession of benches at different heights that form in sequence during the uplift of a geological dome. The concept was first proposed in a posthumous 1924 publication by the geomorphologist Walther Penck.
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In Discipline: Geomorphology, Lead paragraph
A piedmonttreppen or piedmont benchland is a conceived landform consisting in a succession of benches at different heights and that forms in sequence during the uplift of a geological dome
Caused By: Orogeny, Lead sentence
A piedmonttreppen or piedmont benchland is a conceived landform consisting in a succession of benches at different heights and that forms in sequence during the uplift of a geological dome.
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