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Showing 1 to 2 of 2 for “"passive margin escarpment"”.
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Influence of spatially variable precipitation on passive margin escarpment evolution
Passive margin escarpments are large-scale geomorphic features which persist over timescales of tens of millions of years. The maintenance of steep topography over these timescales challenges conventional understanding of fluvial erosion. Typical explanations for passive margin escarpments rely on …
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Constraints on passive margin escarpment evolution from river basin reorganization in Brazil
Escarpments are present on passive margins around the world, but their evolution is poorly understood. Some geologists interpret escarpments as stationary features, whereas others have argued that they are retreating inland faster than a kilometer per Myr. I investigate Brazilian escarpments by …