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In geomorphology and geology, a peneplain is a low-relief plain formed by protracted erosion. This is the definition in the broadest of terms, albeit with frequency the usage of peneplain is meant to imply the representation of a near-final stage of fluvial erosion during times of extended tectonic stability. Peneplains are sometimes associated with the cycle of erosion theory of William Morris Davis, but Davis and other workers have also used the term in a purely descriptive manner without any theory or particular genesis attached.
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- ↑ Campbell Jr., Kenneth E.; Frailey, Carl David; Romero-Pittman, Lidia (2006). "The Pan-Amazonian Ucayali Peneplain, late Neogene sedimentation in Amazonia, and the birth of the modern Amazon River system". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology . 239: 166–219. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.01.020.
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