pediplanation Geomorphol.
(pɛdɪpləˈneɪʃən)
[f. pediplane, pediplain + planation.]
Erosion to, or the formation of, a pediplain (or pediplane).
| 1942 A. D. Howard in Jrnl. Geomorphol. V. 11 Pediplanation may be applied as a general term to the process of formation of pediplanes. 1948 Proc. Geol. Soc. S. Afr. L. p. xxvii, Every one of these features is ubiquitous on the terrains of Southern and Central Africa, clear proof that the landscape of those regions has evolved through pediplanation. 1963 D. W. & E. E. Humphries tr. Termier's Erosion & Sedimentation ii. 40 It is on plateaus, sometimes uplifted and peneplained (often those which have undergone initial pediplanation) that desert dunes (Sahara) and ice caps (Scandinavia) have developed. 1975 Nature 31 July 442/1 Part 2 discusses the character and development of the tropical terrain and includes chapters..on pediments and pediplanation. |