Development of Hog-backs

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Diagrammatic sections representing the development of hog-backs. I, a simple anticlinal ridge consisting of hard and soft sediments overlying crystallinew rocks; II, the same after erosion and development of hog-backs (uniclines) on opposite sides; III, the same region after peneplanation and further arching; IV, development of the hog-backs in the second cycle of erosion.

Keywords

unicline, hog-backs, anticlinal ridge, second cycle of erosion

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Structural Geology

Source

Amadeus W. Grabau A Textbook of Geology (Boston: D.C. Heath & Co., 1920) 739

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