MASTER OF ARTS (GEOGRAPHY) Chapter Notes -Scarp Retreat, Pediplain, Pediment
1 Apr 2023
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King model of slope development: l . C. kings proposed several theories on slopes as a part of the broad scheme of landscape evolution. He proposed several sets of cycles like the river cycle, the hill slope cycle, the landscape cycle, etc. King (1953) are normally covered with detritus but pediments themselves are essentially cut rock surfaces. The pediment is the fundamental landform to which epigene landscapes tend to be reduced. He termed the entire process of pediment formation as pedimentation: the second element is the steep slopes that bound upland blocks. The scarps here have originated by the process of erosion only and maintain steep slopes of 15 to 30 degrees. There is no reduction in their steepness when they are wasted back by weathering or rain wash. Parallel retreat which king called scarp retreat": king"s cycle of pediplanation, king"s landscape cycle discusses the process of pediplanation which shapes the erosion surface.
