James Range

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Figure 1: Planation surface cut across dipping Paleozoic sandstone in the James Range, central Australia.

James Range

region, Northern Territory, Australia

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…bevels sandstone cuestas in the James Range in central Australia. Clearly an erosive process cut across rocks of varying resistance. The rock structure would never have developed such a flat surface unless a lateral erosive process had been at work in the past at a particular base level. Where many…
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…bevels sandstone cuestas in the James Range in central Australia. Clearly an erosive process cut across rocks of varying resistance. The rock structure would never have developed such a flat surface unless a lateral erosive process had been at work in the past at a particular base level. Where many…
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