A hypothesis about antecedent and reversed drainage,

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Cliff Ollier Regolith Group, Bureau of Mineral Resources, Canberra, Australia Author

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Antecedent and Reversed Drainage, Tectonics

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Tectonic uplift, downwarping and back-tilting can possibly be distinguished by drainage pattern analysis. There is a possibility that in some tectonic uplands, to seek a cause of uplift is to ask the wrong question.

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2024-07-09

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Vol. 14 No. 2 (1991)

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