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Chapter 6: Fluvial Landforms

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• Types of cyclic stream terraces<br />

• cut-in-bedrock terraces<br />

• bedrock terraces<br />

• covered by thin veneer of alluvium<br />

• interpreted events:<br />

• erosion by graded stream<br />

• uplift/change of base level<br />

• downcutting<br />

• fill terraces<br />

• composed of alluvium, depositional in nature<br />

• interpreted events:<br />

• filling of valley by aggradation of graded stream<br />

• uplift/change of base level<br />

• downcutting

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