Lithologic and climatic convergence in granite morphology

• Autores: E. M. Campbell, C. R. Twidale
• Localización: Cadernos do Laboratorio Xeolóxico de Laxe: Revista de xeoloxía galega e do hercínico peninsular, ISSN 0213-4497, Nº 20, 1995, págs. 381-403
• Idioma: inglés
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Convergencia litológica y climática en la morfología granítica
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• Resumen

  • The major and minor forms common to granite (and related crystalline lithologies) and to dacite, sandstone and limestone are listed and briefly described. Factors conducive to lithologic convergence (the development of the same form in different materials) are identified. The importance of climatic factors in the development of granite landforms, is discussed, and examples of climatic convergence (landforms due to similar mechanisms but driven by different climatically controlled processes) are given. Some conclusions on the importance of granite landform evolution in general geomorphological theory are suggested.